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“During all of those long years of World War II, I took that Evacuation Day very personally. For me, as an eighteen year old, it …
When we talk about World War II, it’s often in terms of major milestones: the racist incarceration of Japanese Americans; the bombings of Pearl Harbor, …
Read Part 1 >> Did you get the sense that for whatever reason, Minidoka’s security felt more relaxed than the other camps? In my diggings …
"The guard tower had a heavy duty machine gun. Of course no one was standing directly behind it but it looked in. Later as an …
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Once he was our friendThe owner of the store nowBehaves nervouslyRefusing to sell us goods Shizue Iwatsuki1 With the war coming to an end, Oregon …
The harsh winds of autumnPierce the spirit of thoseWho live at the mercy of fateCreated by the war. Akiyama1 The internees had primitive living conditions. …
We have spent two-thirds of our lives in the United States and we feel we are more American than Japanese; we are willing to do …
A series of exclusionsNow getting used to itI spend each day farming Honda Fugetsu1 While building their community and industries, Japanese immigrants struggled against exclusionists’ …
“Japan is such a small island country…. What is the use of returning to such a place? If we have to fulfill our filial duty …
The untouched ground of AmericaI began to hoeThis virgin soil. Honda Fugetsu1 During the 1900s, many Japanese immigrants moved into agricultural work. At first, the …
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