What were schools like in Japanese American internment camps?

It was like a goodbye to carefree days and a hello to reality. ... Original WRA caption: Nursery school children with model barracks, Tule Lake concentration camp, November 2, 1942. Photo by Francis Stewart ... “Dislocations and Relocations: The Built Environments of Japanese American Internment.” Ph.D. read more

Lots of Japanese Americans didn’t want to be in the camps so some took the challenge of joining the U.S. Army, but some people wanted to stay longer because they didn’t have anything to go home to. The motor pool, warehouses, and administrative office were located off the camp. Search lights swept the grounds between the two places. read more

For the Japanese Americans who were forced into internment, the relocation process was a nightmare of dislocation and uncertainty. Once an exclusion order was issued, Japanese Americans were given one week in which to register with the authorities, gather whatever possessions they could carry, and report to an assembly center nearby. read more