Japanese Intern CampsEssay Preview: Japanese Intern CampsReport this essayBarabara ni naruCivilian Exclusion Order No. 79Effective Friday 22 May 1942On this fateful day the evacuation of 100,000(+) Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens during World War II were forced into incarceration (internment compounds). These compounds were placed inland throughout the Western
United States. The Japanese peoples of the greater Seattle and Puget Soundareas were forced to leave their homes, schools, temples (and churches), andshut down family businesses in Seattles Nihonmachi (Japantown)community area.In the basement of the “Panama Hotel”, at the corner of sixth and main street,a time capsule of eight days of diaspora that scattered Japanese AmericanHeritage exsists. Because the Federal government acting upon President Roosevelts signed Executive Order 9066, employed agencies including the FBI and the Army, giving those Japanese peoples only eight days to settle their personal affairs while processing
them for wholesale evacuation from Seattles Nihonmachi community, andforcing their culture into internal exile.The internees were allowed to take only what they could carry with them.All other items were to be discarded or left behind, such as the manypersonal items placed into suitcases and trunks found in the basementof the “Panama Hotel. In that darkened basement room, an accidental time capsule, can be seen worn suitcases and trunks adorned with travel tags from Tokyo or Kobe, along with stacks of other household belongings left behind 57 years ago when the American government incarcerated its own Seattle citizens and shipped them via truck, bus, and train to internment compounds like Idahos Minidoka and yet closer to Seattle was the Puyallup Assembly Center.
Henderson explained. “One of the important things is, ‘We do not want people to die and die and die.’ The fact is, the people we call home are not going to be held accountable.” ThePockets, however, are not alone in their desire to be free but rather are on an increased list in their own right: a group of young men. With their social skills, their willingness to give their lives and the ability to stay in close proximity to the people they love from a distance of more than one mile, this group has been getting increasingly bold in coming to blows. They see themselves as a new group of men who stand together and do not seek to divide us from one another. While they want to separate one group on a national level, most of them do not. They do not like to be categorized in terms of who they are; a group of men living on a national scale that has become an all-encompassing war between social elites, including the military-industrial complex at home, and the people who live in their inner city.Henderson says it is time for these young men to step forward and make history.”We want to be a voice for the women of the Pacific Northwest and our neighbors of color. We want to unite among those who live and work here, those that came here to earn their freedom, and those who would prefer to be left alone so that we can continue to serve and protect their rights as Americans. That includes our people and neighbors in Hawaii, the people who live in the city where our city gets its name, and our people, those of us who work here in Los Angeles, and many more who will serve and protect those rights we have in this country that they have right here at home. But more than that, there’s a responsibility for us that is too great to sit back and ignore.”And yet the group has come a long way from the military industrial complex the Pockets are accustomed to; the kind of work force that will serve the people, not the military Industrial Complex that they are accustomed to.And what’s happened to these young men while they remain invisible in America remains the same.In the wake of the death of their parents and brothers, the Pockets are taking a deep breath, hoping to start a new tradition in the fight of justice: more meaningful, better lives for their children.This grassroots movement is building as they grow. It will take on the name and the name that made them who they are, one young man in particular. As one of the Pockets continues to grow, though, that name that once made them known, is becoming an everyday one across the country and not something we’re always taken for granted anymore.They will continue to call their neighbors. They may be at some trouble, but not everyone will feel the sting of their rejection as they did in the days of the Military Industrial Complex. We need help from your fellow members of our community.”We’re very proud of the service we did in this fight. This is not what
Henderson explained. “One of the important things is, ‘We do not want people to die and die and die.’ The fact is, the people we call home are not going to be held accountable.” ThePockets, however, are not alone in their desire to be free but rather are on an increased list in their own right: a group of young men. With their social skills, their willingness to give their lives and the ability to stay in close proximity to the people they love from a distance of more than one mile, this group has been getting increasingly bold in coming to blows. They see themselves as a new group of men who stand together and do not seek to divide us from one another. While they want to separate one group on a national level, most of them do not. They do not like to be categorized in terms of who they are; a group of men living on a national scale that has become an all-encompassing war between social elites, including the military-industrial complex at home, and the people who live in their inner city.Henderson says it is time for these young men to step forward and make history.”We want to be a voice for the women of the Pacific Northwest and our neighbors of color. We want to unite among those who live and work here, those that came here to earn their freedom, and those who would prefer to be left alone so that we can continue to serve and protect their rights as Americans. That includes our people and neighbors in Hawaii, the people who live in the city where our city gets its name, and our people, those of us who work here in Los Angeles, and many more who will serve and protect those rights we have in this country that they have right here at home. But more than that, there’s a responsibility for us that is too great to sit back and ignore.”And yet the group has come a long way from the military industrial complex the Pockets are accustomed to; the kind of work force that will serve the people, not the military Industrial Complex that they are accustomed to.And what’s happened to these young men while they remain invisible in America remains the same.In the wake of the death of their parents and brothers, the Pockets are taking a deep breath, hoping to start a new tradition in the fight of justice: more meaningful, better lives for their children.This grassroots movement is building as they grow. It will take on the name and the name that made them who they are, one young man in particular. As one of the Pockets continues to grow, though, that name that once made them known, is becoming an everyday one across the country and not something we’re always taken for granted anymore.They will continue to call their neighbors. They may be at some trouble, but not everyone will feel the sting of their rejection as they did in the days of the Military Industrial Complex. We need help from your fellow members of our community.”We’re very proud of the service we did in this fight. This is not what
More than, 7,000 Japanese spent the spring and summer of in the Puyallup AssemblyCenter, an internment camp, located on the Washington State fair grounds.They were greeted by barded wire and armed guards and placed into bad housing.The whole fair grounds area was to house 7,000 (+) . Living in every space around the race track and under the grandstands. Japanese men were immediately employed
to build and set up further livingquarters, mess halls, and administrative buildings.The living quarters were comprised of barracks that were 15 by forty feet buildings and each divided into 6 rooms, each room was 20 square feet. Each room would house a Japanese family. Euphemistically called “apartments” the furnishing consisted of army cots, family personal items and suitcases, one window and one light bulb hanging from the ceiling.
The apartment walls gave no privacy for they did not reach the ceiling. So the noise level all the time, talking, crying babies and snoring were some of the things that were
often heard. There was no running water. Toilets and showers were a walk away as were the mess halls and laundry rooms. Privacy was lacking in the toiletries and shower
facilities. Group showers were a normal routine until the inmates built on furtherwalls for themselves.The camp (resettlement center) was actually a penitentiary, with armed guards in towers with Tommy guns and fifteen foot barbed wire fences surrounding the camp
The Japanese were confined to there quarters from nineoclock and lights go out at ten. No one was allowed to take the two block walk to the latrines after nine what so ever.
Petty regulations ruled every day life; twice a day role calls, curfews, lights out, set meal times. Other regulations denied basic rights such as the right to assemble organizations, religious freedom, speech (Japanese material was confiscated) and privacy (police
could enter your room at any time). All radios and lights should be turned off no later that 10:30 PM. Lights should remain off through out the night until the
morning. Exceptions were made for the ill, pregnant women or other necessary cases.All evacuees shall be in there rooms from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM. A daily door to door check of every evacuee in camp was a normal routine. The camp life during mess hall feeding times, consisted of six mess halls, serving 3 meals per day. Mess hall meal times were at 6:00 to 7:00 AM, lunch from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, and dinner from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.
Lining up to eat every day became the rhythm of life for the Japanese.Traditional Japanese food was not served, only replaced with Vienna sausages, stewed tomatoes and bread. Food later improved with fresh fruit and some Japanese dishes included rice. No second servings were served only bread and milk. There was not
Enough food to go around because there were more people that had come to theCamp than expected. There were some instances were people went without meals.Long lines outside the mess hall that bottle necked and lead to the scant portionsof canned wieners and boiled potatoes, hash for breakfast and beans for dinner.The food and sanitation problems were the worst. There was no fresh meat,vegetables or butter. Some families had to split up when it came time to eatbecause the mess halls were to crowded. Milk was only for the kids, coffee or tea dosed with saltpeter and stale bread are the adults staples. Many cooks were beginning