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Richard Yoshikazu Matsui

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Hawaii
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Biography

Richard Yoshikazu Matsui was a Honolulu Japanese American and the nephew of Totaro and Tatsuko Sato Matsui. His individual JCCH record documents November 1944 departure from Hawaii aboard Matsonia to join family members in mainland internment, confinement at Crystal City Family Internment Camp, Texas, and December 1945 return to Honolulu aboard Shawnee. His entry into family confinement is distinct from his uncle Totaro’s December 1941 arrest. The archive does not establish an individual criminal conviction, birth date or exact Crystal City admission and release days. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/matsui-richard-yoshikazu

Case

Incarcerated: November 1944
Sentence: Administrative US wartime family confinement at Crystal City following November 1944 departure for family reunification; documented Hawaii homecoming December 1945. No exact camp admission or release days, imposed judicial term or measured continuous duration established. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/matsui-richard-yoshikazu