Michael Konatsu 100w 3/1/18 Fact Paper Massaki Konatsu was born in Orosi, California in 1934. He was sent to multiple internment camps in Poston, and Parker Arizona due to President Roosevelt's executive order. He along with his 11 siblings and mom had less than a month to muster up all their belongings to start their new life in Arizona. They stayed in each camp for two years until the war was over.
Lastly, living conditions was very bad
The POWs were starved and dehydrated for most of their times spent at the camps, until they had been saved or passed away. Louis recalls one of his daily meals consisting of boiled seaweed and a few slices of vegetables. Along with being starved, the captives were confined in dark cells for long hours every day. Most of them were not allowed to look out of their windows. When a POW disobeyed the rules they would be beaten with hands, feet, canes, and bats.
The little food they were given was not nutritious, soon there was a measles epidemic, children with complication from the measles died by the hundreds. Ivan had the measles but he was one of the lucky ones who survived as did his sister who contacted typhus. A cemetery was built on that desolate desert, this cemetery contains 865 graves, later a 6 metre statue was erected, and this is meticulously maintained by Croatia. They endured living in tents for five long years in the Sinai
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After they had to sit in the hot heat all day with no food or drinks they had to all be loaded into cattle cars with all of their stuff they needed but the guards took it. These cattle cars were about 28 by 8 and they had to fit 80 people in each of these cattle cars. There were no bathrooms in these cars so everyone had to do their business on the floor. This trip in the cattle cars was very long with very little stops or breaks. There were only two or so breaks on Elles' whole trip to the camp.
This letter was another one of the corresponding messages between Miss Breed and Louise Ogawa dating back to September 27, 1942 and sent from the Santa Anita Interment Camp, a racetrack center turned Japanese relocation site during World War II (“700 S.F. Japanese Assemble”). The letter was written by Lousie Ogawa with a personal touch, a letter seemingly written by a friend for another. The purpose of her letter was to thank Miss. Breed for her interest in her life within the internment camp and from there Ogawa moves on to answering questions that were previously addressed to her in a past letter. Such as the materials provided to them within the camp, what she misses about her previous life, and her sources of entertainment within the camp.
People died from common sickness like the flu because they lacked medication and health care. Toilets were only able to be flushed once a day, which was bad for the health of the citizen’s and just disgusting. Since everyone was so jam-packed and crowded, crime rates increased tremendously. Tenements lacked running water, electricity, proper ventilation and indoor plumbing. These buildings had no windows.
They weren't very warm during the winter and often didn’t keep out the rain, snow or hail. They did not have bathrooms; therefore, they were very unsanitary. A second reason why the sanitation was so horrible was because most Hoovervilles didn’t have access to clean water. Without clean water you cannot bathe, wash your hands, wash clothes or dishes, or have safe water to drink. You would have to bathe and wash your things in dirty water, or else not wash them at all.
The victims traveled by railway in cattle trucks. The victims kept in these wagons were kept in very poor conditions. When the prisoners were brought to the camp, they were not told what the camp actually was. They were told that they had arrived at a transit camp. The prisoners had to undress for disinfection and showering before entering the main camp.
Everyone either turned around back home or died. It was normally -20 degrees. People wanted to get rich. Peoples skin got as cold as ice.
A collection of letters sent by the Japanese- Americans was turned into the book Dear Miss Breed. It tells the stories of young children, who
The lack of coal which in turn kept the internees cold at night while the desert camps led the internees to deal with extreme heat during the day. Some internees died due to inadequate medical care. Some even died due to the high level of emotional stress. If the internees attempted to flee, armed sentries, who stood watch 24/7, would shoot
Instead, they experienced poor living conditions, including “[d]rinking water [that] was taken from pumps on the street and was often polluted” which led to deadly diseases. Deprived of their right to basic needs, they could not properly function and live. Disappointedly, city life was more difficult than their old country
From studying the sources, it appears as though this would be the worst place to be- it truly was a living hell. For the
