Below is a film on the massive internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II. The film tries to reassure the viewer that the conditions in the camps are not too “soft” — that the Japanese Americans there have to work hard and actually provide for many of their own needs, costing […]
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The Japanese Internment of WWII – Their story in pictures – Part III – Transportation
After Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were relocated to internment camps for the duration of WWII. They were considered enemy aliens even though many had lived in America for years. Photographer Russell Lee took photographs of their relocation in April and May of 1942 in the pictures below. (See Japanese for additional photographs of this internment. Reception camps were […]
The Japanese Internment of WWII – Their story in pictures – Part II – Planning the Relocation
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 made military and political leaders suspect that Imperial Japan was preparing a full-scale attack on the West Coast of the United States. There were many Japanese-American living in the area and the U. S. Government became increasingly concerned about where the loyalties lie. After much debate, […]
The Japanese Internment of WWII – The Evacuation – Their story in pictures – Part I
Part I Japanese Internment The Evacuation The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 led military and political leaders to suspect that Imperial Japan was preparing a full-scale attack on the West Coast of the United States. Of 127,000 Japanese Americans living in the continental United States at the time of the Pearl Harbor […]
Christmas on Iwo Jima – years later – Inspiring story…
Christmas on Iwo Jima by Ben White It was early on Saturday AM and a group of people, a Coast Guard Captain and his wife and two children, an Air Force Chaplain and his wife and I and my wife were “Standing by” for a space available flight on an Air Force flight to Iwo […]
The army was the only hope to save college football in 1943
Did you know that during 1943, when World War II was raging, college football almost disappeared from America? The following newspaper article appeared in The Tuscaloosa News on July 6, 1943 about the situation. Army Could Help Save Football, Says Weiss WASHINGTON, July 6- (AP)- Only the army can save college football from folding up, […]