TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER Mistaken for the Enemy 5 CHAPTER 2 An Adventure Gone Wrong 9 CHAPTER 3 Friends and Family 15 IN THEIR OWO WORDS Jim Akagi 20 CHAPTER 4 Keeping Busy 23 CHAPTER 5 A Question of Loyalty 29 IN THEIR OWO WORDS Edna Hirabayashi 34 CHAPTER 6 Scouting at Camp 37 CHAPTER 7 The End of the Camps 43 Focus on Children in Japanese American Confinement Camps 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
CHAPTER 1 MISTAKEN FOR THE ENEMY on December 7 1941 Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Japan was in the middle of fighting World War II 1939 1945 Japanese leaders thought the United States would soon enter the war They hoped a surprise attack would give Japan an advantage In 1941 thousands of Japanese Americans lived in the United States Immigrants born in Japan or the Issei could not become US citizens Smoke rises from destroyed battleships after the attack on Pearl Harbor 5
