Description:
Remembrances of the Japanese American Internment Camps: Memories of Internment in the United States of America during World War II details personal stories of the Japanese American experience before, during, and after World War II. The harrowing experiences of involuntary internment during 1942-1945 are described in vivid detail by former internees, and friends and family members recount the long-lasting impacts of the wartime events and their aftermath.
Brief description:
Walter M. Imahara was born in California, where his father was a prominent member of the local Japanese American farming community before World War II. After being interned at the Jerome and Rohwer relocation centers during the war, Imahara became a US Army officer, the owner of a successful nursery and landscape business, and a national champion weightlifter. He is the author of I Am an American: Japanese American, Asian Cajun, and the editor of Jerome and Rohwer: Memories of Japanese American Internment in World War II Arkansas.