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Sarah Bigando R4 Japanese-American Internment Camp (Hardships of camp…
Sarah Bigando R4
Japanese-American Internment Camp
Historical Background II
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Why
We stopped supplying Japan with our oil
Government response
FBI directors assurance
LA representative quote
west cost congressman agitation for the removal
Date
7:55 am on December 7,1941
Stats
The Japanese killed 2403 people in the attack
Government response to Japanese
Exec. Order of 9066
signed on February 19, 1942
authorized the removal of people from military areas
authorization of the War Deployment quote
Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt quote
notices/ restrictions
gave the military permission to "exclude any or all persons"
Introduction I
attention getter
"'Oh it's really hot, you see, and the wind blows. There's no shade at all, It's miserable, really.'" -Kango Takamura
Thesis Statement: After the attack on Pearl Harbor the government took action by forcing Japanese-Americans to relocate to miserable internment camps
Hardships of camp life IV
Food
they were fed hot dogs, spam, kidneys, ketchup and potatoes
nobody over the age of 12 were allowed to drink milk, not even pregnant women
families no longer ate together
at the beginning of the camps, all the prisoners were fed potatoes instead of rice. They slowly got rice added to the menu by rebelling, but it was always served very badly
Lack of Privacy
25 people were forced to live in a barrack which was only meant for 4 people
sometimes cloth partitions were used to try and create separate spaces between the families
Sanitation
diseases like typhoid, dysentery, and small pox spread really fast throughout the camp because of the close quarters
The diseases spreading this quickly forced understaffed and undersupplied medical centers to put most of their reourses to vaccinations
Housing
The housing that they were forced to stay in were either horse stalls or barracks that had not been finished.
if you wanted to have any furniture in your house then you had to build it all out of what you could find
they lived in tar paper-covered barraks and used communal mess halls and bathrooms
they built schools and churches
Emotional Trama
Long term health problems were psychological anguish as well as increased cardiovascular disease
In some camps, a year after they were built and planted things and had water there, people mentally started getting a tiny bit better
All the anger and frustration that the evacuees had with the government along with physical and psychological disorientation took a major toll on all of the evacuees
Kango Takamura quote
anger and frustration quote
people were shocked about losing their freedom and homes but still remained loyal to the US
Life in the camps
Evacuees elected representatives to meet with government officials
Relocation process III
Frenzy of Moving
Storing Items
they could store household property privately or in government depots
quote of everything including toys being gone
They had 5 to 14 days to make arrangements for their stuff.
vandalism often began before the were even out of their houses
When they got back from camp everything was gone and they had nothing
no insurance was avaliable
family from San Francisco quote
Selling
many people tried to sell their things but people would offer them very insultingly low prices for they things.
they were forced to either sell, or give away their pets
they were selling three and four hundred dollar pianos for five and ten dollars , pickups for $25,$50 for furniture and a grand piano, and a house for $500
property that wasn't sold could be lost through forfeiture to government
victims "voluntarily" sold their automobiles to the U.S. Army.
"Furniture must be sold" "Evacuation sale" signs
Packing
they were only allowed to pack what they could carry
they could take bed linen, a few changes of clothes, a personal set of eating utensils and toilet articles
even women with children suffering in mental agonies through internment of their husbands had to pack and evacuate within 48 hours
Confiscation
weapons, straight-edged razors, short-wave radios and liquor were all confiscated
If they drove to an assembly center their cars would be confiscated upon arrival
police chiefs were holding 6,000 radios and cameras taken from Japanese-Americans
They had to give up any leases they had
agricultural buildings taken away
police chief stated quote
Assembly Centers
Types of Places
They had laundry rooms and mess halls and hospitals. Usually to get into anything you had to wait a long time.
Purpose
to hold a lot of the japanese-americans until the internment camps were some what ready
Conditions
the housing in the assembly centers only had army cots and a light bulb
There were fences and watchtowers and they had very strict visiting regulations and a 10 pm to 6 am curfew.
cold desert quote
dust storm quote
there was also the occasional dust storm
It was literally freezing in the wintertime
They had a roll call twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
Enviornment
laundry and washrooms were located in separate buildings and in short supply
they were almost always out of hot water and you had to wait a long time in line
the washrooms only had 8-15 showers in them without doors or curtains
Work and Employment
The WCCA decided to employ evacuees to lower the costs of running the camps
the monthly coupons allowance was between $1 and $7.50
About a third of the inmates between 18 and 65 were employed and they usually worked a 44 hour work week
Nobody was required to work butif you decided to work, you had to carry it out unless you got sick
They received monthly rates of $8, $12, and $16 depending on how skilled you were
At some centers inmates were given monthly allowances in coupons to purchase basic necessities
Sanitation
Almost all evacuees had a cold
due to malnutrition, skin problems were widespread as were digestive
Most assembly centers had at least one major outbreak of diarrhea
More serious illnesses were treated at a hospital
Internment camps
General Location
Camps located in California, Idaho, Utah,Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas
last camp closed in March 1946
Parts of Camps
barracks and open spaces were remodeled into makeshift gyms, basketball courts, and baseball diamonds.
Movies were shown regularly at many centers, and some even had libraries
in a lot of the camps inmates organized baseball and basketball leagues.
Since there were no schools, some evacuees built some desks and other school supplies so people could get an education
Conclusion V