Read Part 1 >>THE RETURN TO PERUA siren announced Japan's surrender. Many Japanese refused to believe that their country had been defeated, but the war had come to an end, making the concentration camp unnecessary.
The question now being asked was: What is to become of the Japanese from Peru and their children? The Peruvian government prohibited their return. Rejected by the very same government that had expelled them, some Japanese put down roots in the United States, while others returned to Japan, only to find hunger and devastation.
The Tochio Villanueve family c…