The Japanese Internment Camps: A History Perspectives Book
Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Greg Robinson PhD Professor of American History Université du Québec À Montréal Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design and illustration Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits Ansel Adams Library of Congress cover left cover middle cover right 1 left 1 middle 1 right 4 14 19 26 28 Bettmann Corbis 6 22 AP Images 10 Library of Congress 12 U S Army Signal Corps AP Images 21 U S Army Signal Corps Library of Congress 30 Copyright 2014 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bailey Rachel A The Japanese internment camps Rachel A Bailey pages cm Perspectives library Includes index ISBN 978-1-62431-666-1 hardcover ISBN 978-1-62431-693-7 pbk ISBN 978-1-62431-720-0 pdf ISBN 978-1-62431-747-7 hosted ebook 1 Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation 1942-1945 Juvenile literature 2 World War 1939-1945 Japanese Americans Juvenile literature 3 Japanese United States History Juvenile literature I Title D769 8 A6B325 2013 940 53’17089956073 dc23 2013029718 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc January 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Manzanar War Relocation Center a Japanese internment camp from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who lived in Manzanar in the 1940s As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Helen Watanabe Child at the Manzanar War Relocation Center Chapter 2 1 4 Mas Yubu Japanese-American Soldier Chapter 3 2 2 Grace Jones Teacher at the Manzanar War Relocation Center Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
4 1 I will never forget December 7 1941 the day that turned my world upside down My parents my younger brother Jack and I had just gotten back from church in Los Angeles California Father switched on the radio Within minutes he barked at us all to be quiet We listened as the radio announcer said that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii just hours before Helen Watanabe Child at the Manzanar War Relocation Center
5 On Monday December 8 Mother kept us home from school We are Japanese Americans and she feared people might treat us and other Japanese Americans poorly because of the Pearl Harbor attack It turned out she was right The restaurant a block from our house posted a sign that said No Japs wanted Also someone slashed the front tires of Father’s car Many people suspected Japanese Americans were working for Japan our enemy in the war I have a Pearl Harbor Just before 8 00 a m on December 7 1941 Japanese pilots bombed Pearl Harbor a military base in Hawaii in a surprise attack More than 3,500 people were killed or injured in the attack The next day the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II
