The Forced Imprisonment Of Japanese-Americans Into Internment Camps
Japanese-Americans found themselves at the mercy of the American army following the Pearl Harbor attack. They were rounded up and placed in ‘internment camps,’ which in reality were political jails. These civilians had no idea that Pearl Harbor was even on the cards prior to its execution, and were as much of a threat to national security as white Americans. Death Valley was where the majority of these condemned masses were herded in, and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga described the experience as follows. Their ‘apartments’ consisted of metal military beds, complete with a potbellied stove within each one. Beyond that, there was no furniture, with bare windows. These poor people lived in complete squalor, but spirits were evidently high among some, given the cheer of these Japanese-American students.
The Forced Imprisonment Of Japanese Americans Into Internment Camps
