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Author:

Kamei, Susan H., editor. editor.

Title:

When can we go back to America? : voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II / written and edited by Susan H. Kamei ; foreword by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster BFYR,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxiv, 710 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Children--Children--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Children.--Children.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.

Contents:

Pearl harbor -- Why do I have to be foreign? -- Lieutenant General John I. Dewitt -- "Voluntary" evacuation -- Civilian expulsion orders -- Exodus -- Assembly centers -- Daily life -- Silver linings -- War relocation centers -- Too close for comfort -- Conflict -- The segregated Japanese US Army -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team -- The road to liberation -- Jiy? (liberty) -- Marion Konishi's valedictorian address -- "America, our hope is in you" -- Assembly centers -- War relocation centers -- Biographies.

Summary:

In this dramatic and page-turning narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.

ISBN:

1481401459
9781481401456
1481401440
9781481401449

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1022711120

LCCN:

2017052016

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)