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Redress Confirmation Letter

When Japanese Americans who were eligible applied for redress, they received this letter of confirmation from the Office of Redress Administration (ORA), which was in charge of all matters pertaining to the application process for payment.

Sox Kitashima, for one, was a volunteer who regularly helped eligible former internees or their family members apply for redress and receive proper payment. She advised them and made sure they understood the process and could fill out the application properly.

Because of the Redress and Reparations efforts, and efforts by women like Sox, the Office of Redress Administration operated very efficiently, even providing a Help Line for additional assistance.

Source: Kitashima, Tsuyako Sox and Morimoto, Joy K., The Birth of an Activist: The Sox Kitashima Story. San Mateo: Asian American Curriculum Project, 2003.

Photo: Densho Digital Archive, http://archive.densho.org/main.aspx. Photo/Document Collections: Manzanar National Historical Site Collection.