Digitized version of a four-page handwritten letter from Marie Namba, a Japanese American woman, to a former teacher, June Clark of Portland, Oregon. In the letter, Namba describes the events of a few days earlier, when her family was compelled by military order to report to the Portland Assembly Center, a temporary detention center located on the grounds of the Portland International Livestock Exposition. She also describes her living quarters at the center, and says she has taken a job at the center's dental clinic. Namba expresses regret that she was unable to see Clark before she was ordered to go to the center.