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Seeing - I am here with many Japanese people, many confused and of course sad. As I was packing what I could and was allowed to, I realized that it would be my last time looking at my own house, room, neighborhood, and belongings I could not take with me. Young children, like my own, are grasping onto their parents out of fear. The camp we were located to was just a lonely spot in the middle of nowhere. Soldiers are surrounding us with their weapons.
Mind - Why are we being forced into these camps? My family and I have not done anything in association with the war. Just because we are of Japanese ancestry, we are seen as enemies; how can my young children have anything to do with the war?
Living - The rooms of the internment camp are quite small, the land is dry and secluded; this is the desert. The whole camp is surrounded by barbed-wire as if we are dangerous people. I think it is not healthy for the youth to be around people with weapons, it scares them and make them worry about their lives.
Feeling - I worry for my children because they do not fully understand why we are being placed in these camps. I fear what will we be doing in the camps and how long we will be there. I feel that my rights as a Japanese-American have been stripped away from me.
Clothing - Young Japanese-American soldiers joined the U.S. Army to fight for equality and justice. They wanted to prove their American citizenship.
Job - Japanese-American soldiers worked as interpreters and translated Japanese for the U.S. Army. Stolen or overheard orders and plans for the Japanese were taken back to the Americans, therefore, the U.S. knew what was coming. Some were able to get Japanese to surrender.
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War effect - Because of the war, people who were of Japanese ancestry became even more targets of discrimination. They were forced to move into internment camps. People and their homes were destroyed in the attack of Okinawa. They wanted to be dead before the Americans came because they feared further torture.
Hope for double victory - Those who fought especially hoped for a double victory. They wanted Americans to realize that not all Japanese were evil. It was not fair for all Japanese to endure suffering. They fought for the real American life.
Reality - There was the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The Japanese still faced prejudice and discrimination.
