(Dust, new arrivals)
–Excerpts from the Daily Log of the WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY Central Utah Relocation Project, Project Reports Division, Historical Section. Topaz, Utah
“SEPTEMBER 27
DUST ALLEVIATION — A personal dust alleviation campaign was started in Block 12 with “buckets of water swinging into action. The streets were soaked with water through the efforts of the residents, providing a pleasant contrast to the general ankle-deep dust.
SEPTEMBER 28
ACCIDENT — Akiyoshi Akita, 7-8-A, received two stitches in the right temple for laceration at the Topaz hospital. The injury took place at an accident at 7:30 p.m. Working overtime, Akita drove his truck into a deep pipe ditch near the northeast corner of Block 11. His task was to deliver resident freight Boxes and cases.
525 ARRIVE — 525 persons entered the City this morning to make their new homes.
DUST STORM — One of the worst dust storms since the City came into existence occurred and enveloped the Project area.”
To read excerpts from the next daily log entry, click the link: September 29-Oct. 1, 1942: Community Council
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Media Coverage:
Watch Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 news, 4/22/2022)
Listen to the “In the Hive” podcast with interviews with Ann Dion, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Topaz survivors Jeanie Kashima and Joseph Nishimura (KCPW, 4/28/2022)
Read How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history (ksl.com, 4/22/2022)
Read “Topaz Stories rise from the dust,” (Department of Culture & Community Engagement, 4/2022)
Listen to KQED Forum, Day of Remembrance interview with Ruth Sasaki, 2/15/2022
Listen to Max Chang and Ruth Sasaki interviewed (KRCL RadioActive, 2/9/2022
Read On Topaz Stories and ‘Authentic Voice’, the Discover Nikkei interview with Ruth Sasaki (10/14/2022)
Listen to Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, the Topaz Stories podcast with Ruth Sasaki and Jonathan Hirabayashi (6/2/2021)