Life In A US Japanese American Internment Camp | Oregon Experience
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- Like thousands of Japanese Americans on the West Coast, Yoji Matsushima and his family were forcibly removed from their homes during WWII. Immediately after Pearl Harbor, his father was arrested and incarcerated at a Department of Justice internment camp; while Yoji and the rest of his family were sent to Minidoka in Idaho. Yoji explains how they were eventually reunited at a little-known DOJ camp in Texas.
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A part of of US history that needs to be taught in schools so that it does not happen again.
kevin bravo yes
kevin bravo there is a lot of shit that should of never happened
I was taught it in school lol
It is.
i learned it in school but i can speak for other states or counties.
he was so happy, and smiling when he talked about the release, but the rest of the time he was so serious.
What a great film clip. I had no idea other nationalities were incarcerated in camps during WWII. Wow!
very sad
@shadow faze not true but ok lol
@shadow faze yeah because Germans and Italians aren't white. Lol, did you watch the full video?
I had no idea they had camps on american soil. What type of shit was this, people need wake the hell up,
Some people, for whatever disability they might have, love to think negative about their country. Some think it makes look intelligent, like they've reached some higher level of understanding. WE HAD TO PUT PEOPLE IN CAMPS! What the hell were we supposed to do? How in the hell could we be sure that there wasn't Japanese moles and agents here?
Did any of you know that we found German submarines off the coast of N.J.? How the hell were they able to last so long? Someone had to be bringing them supplies, food, medicine, water. What does that tell you?
Breaks my heart.
Wow. I live in Uvalde , where he caught the train home, Crystal City isn’t very far from here. Caught me by surprise when I heard him mention my small town.
Almost brought tears to my eyes, when he said they were released.
That's fucking sad that Internment camps of the Japanese in America have had better living conditions than I've had during being tortured here thus far.
That was because the US government treated them unlike in the death camps in Germany
2/3 of the Japanese locked up were US citizens meaning born in the US since Asians were the only group who could not be naturalized back then.
My great-aunt was also someone who was born in Portland, Oregon and was sent to Minidoka, Idaho
I'm from Seattle WA, my folks were in Mindinoka ID the Horiuchi's my father served with the MIS .
As a Japanese American myself it’s insane to think this was many peoples reality at one point and I couldn’t imagine this happening now but we must learn from past mistakes to make a better future
@@LIIIIIFE Its Happening In North Korea As Of Now
They also put them in camps for their own safety. There were plenty of Americans looking for any excuse to kill Japanese citizens
So sad. Sorry that happened
i live in roseburg oregon and my grandfather raised me and i never heard of this?my grandfather raised me .he served from 1932 to 1964.i am so very sorry this happened to you(them)this makes my stomach not feel good.
Heartbreaking. I only learned of this history from my bank supervisor in 1973ish. Her family was impacted by this travesty. Historically government wealthy predators are guilty of inhumane acts. Thank you for sharing this.
Bro this is so sad man
peru had a similar situation the nikei community was target, the goverment allow that USA could deported to this camps even thought they were citizens of peru and not of japan. Many of the business they have were boicot so many families had to go back to japan.
I think people need to understand it from the point of view as a US citizen just like him. What is it like being a kid born and raised only knowing your neighborhood, your house and your friends and then to be sent to be incarcerated for years in some desert behind barbed wire, guard towers with guns pointing into the camp. This happened to my parents and uncles/aunts, they were kids and US citizens and this happened to them.
Just remember, it happened under Saint Roosevelt, a Democrat.
Another good book that covers this awful time is they called us enemy. This whole thing it shows how far paranoia can drive people
Remember. This was the work of Saint Roosevelt.
Just think Yoji’s father and uncle worked very hard to open a store or where to they were at their job. It’s unfortunate that they got arrested and lost the store.
Can you image the war ended for 6 more months kept in a camp only to go back to nothing after your neighbors, and friends stole all your possessions bank accounts wiped out by the government.
That’s party true but not all true. Some w hites held and protected the property. Yes some did what you said.
@@f430ferrari5 Very few I grew up with a best friend who was Japanese in the 1980's. They owned Strawberry farms in Southern California. About 100 acres when they were put in camps their land was taken from them by a local real estate investor who bought the land for tax owed. The land now has over 500 tract homes on it each worth over 1.8 million dollars. They returned poor and had to work on farms as farm hands until the 1950's when their son my friend father could go to college get a degree. He was able to get employment enough to buy a modest home the entire family lived. His father who owned the farms never recovered lived out his life poor. I was at his house when they got news about the 50k checks I remember them laughing about how little it was compared to what they lost. I spoke to his father about it he was a teenager when they were in the camps. He said the camps were like living in the hot desert in a wooden shack with no running water entire family living in one room. They had gone from a 5-bed home to this. Also, their pets left behind to be euthanized by local animal control. The house they lived in when they returned a neighbor lived there, he called them Japs and told them he calls the police if they came back.
@@Mike-01234 yes it’s true but there are successes such as the Fushiges but they went through hardships too.
The check amount was $20k also not 50k. And yes it was pennies to the dollar.
Tanaka Farms has survived.
All of Napa Valley wine country was owned by Japanese Americans.
The irony of these lands was that it took Japanese/Chinese irrigation system which made the lands profitable.
@@f430ferrari5 It was the 1980's I don't remember exactly I was like 19 years old. What stuck in my mind all these years was how people who were born in America could be rounded up stuck in horse racing stables then shipped off to 115F deserts to live in wooden shacks and the SC rubber stamped it. This is why I don't believe in the constitution or bill of rights. It's just paper if no one is there to enforce it what good is it. Government hasn't changed look at the Patriot Act. Most people don't realize everything you do on the internet you think is private is being recorded as well as every text message, phone call everything is being listened into by computers.
@@Mike-01234 the Civil Rights Act was signed in 1988. Most monies were disbursed starting in 1990.
We really shouldn’t be surprised as to what was done because you can see it in the minds set of too many people of today.
It can certainly happen again and most likely to a different Asian group probably Chinese. It’s that scary and sad.
Tokyo Steel was allowed to purchase American Steel. Many are complaining about this too.
In some US states, Chinese nationals are already banned from purchasing land/property. It doesn’t apply to others though. But then again, there actually have been Chinese spies convicted and do appear guilty.
This was not the case of Japanese Americans. Simply mass hysteria.
Do you believe Russian Americans can be rounded up? I don’t believe so. Even if there is war it’s the same difference. This time Chinese Americans rounded up as well as nationals. Their land stolen away. Not a thing would happen to Russians. Usual illogical excuses and lies will come up.
They deserve to have more than $25. I would hire a lawyer to sue the government.
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@@zanerLORD i got an 85 and didn't need the video, lmao
Quite disturbing history
1-9-2022
As a Native American I say these camps were pretty much reservations.
Japanese deportations in Canada during WWII : Throwaway Citizens (1995) - The Fifth Estate - TH-cam
The effects of the war didn't stop with my Mom and her family. My brother and I who are 1/2 Japanese, were treated with prejudice by our own Japanese American grandfather because we were 1/2 white. He hated all white people, including us. We went to visit him after my Mom had me, I was about 3, and he wouldn't let us in his home. I wonder what he would have been like towards us if he wasn't pit in this position? 🤔 Also, my Mom's Mom and Dad were an arranged marriage and when they were in camp my Grandmother wanted a divorce. They were separated in the camp and my Grandfather took the kids from her. My Dad told me this recently before he passed. I never knew this to be the case. My uncles who were born in the camp Manzanar did not fair well after my Grandfather and their uncles abused my Mom and the twin brothers. Suicide and drug overdosing took its toll in my Mom's family (it happened to the twins) and my Grandfather was to blame. I used to visit my Grandmother when I got a little older and then we were told to stop visiting her when we got old enough to understand and start asking questions about what happened back then. I hated how this tragedy destroyed my family and stole everything from them. And I hate that I didn't try to reach out to them when I became an adult and remained separated from them because of my parents wishes. It was all too much for any of them to handle and being raised with that type of thinking makes you a victim as well.
My mother was at Manzanar as an infant. When we went to the Manzanar (historic site) museum next to 395 a few years ago, she pointed to a list of internees and noted that her family was transported to Gila River in 1943.
I was with him until 1:50 "My mother and dad communicated and decided that they were gonna repatriate to Japan"... DECIDED. TO. REPATRIATE. TO. JAPAN ... during WW2 for God's sake. And how did they decide to repatriate? THROUGH POW EXCHANGE. That is, his dad would ask Imperial Japan to return a captured American to allow him to go to Japan. And Imperial Japan would be actually willing to do so??
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Censorship is cowardice
I hope USA eyes are opening as so close to Germania!
Its happening again
Francisco Ramirez where is it happening again?
Have you ever watched twin peaks? If so, you sound like the giant. But I agree.
It’s still happening while people ignore them and claim they’re [insert word synonymous with concentration camps]
@@americanoverwatch1007 ICE migrant concentration camps while separating families.
Who’s here during an essay they need to write?
Probably pretty fun and easy to do
@christian de la concha It's a Highschool paper for me😄. So not only is it fun, but it's actually a topic that I chose. (my curriculum is easy with it's history reports)
A lot of sacrifices had to be made to defeat Germany & Japan. All of them were unpleasant.
Bruh what? Don’t try and act smart
Sad what the USA has done no reparations for this slavery native Americans etc...
Japanese citizens who were involved were payed massive compensation and the government released an apology.
@@seven-ul4ct2/3 of those incarcerated were US citizens.
The remaining 1/3 were older and most died prior to 1988 when the Civil Rights Act of 1988 was signed by Ronald Reagan.
So there was no massive compensation to Japanese citizens.
If your civil rights were violated and you were locked up without due process then how much is that worth. What about any property you lost 40 years previously.
What the shame US Dirtystory. Shame!
Huh?
Had an awesome interview with this exceptional survivor of the INTERNMENT CAMPS: th-cam.com/video/wWAlfdyjahM/w-d-xo.html
Smh dude you was in slavery omg! I feel more sad you didn’t recognize it!
he wasn't is slavery tho
@christian de la concha it's almost exactly like the us prison system. only the reasons people got there are completely different
my grandparents had Japanese neighbors in the early 40's. when they were sent away for safekeeping they asked my grandparents to watch their house and possessions. after a couple of weeks they didn't come back so grandpa claimed their property. we still have many things that proudly we still have. there is a chest with cutlery and dishes and many tapestries and pearl inlaid mirror with comb and makeup kit among other things. my brother and I recently threw away the photo albums and other insignificant things but a lot of it is in good condition still. I was wondering how much it may be worth, may be more because of its historical value
Donate them to a Japanese Charaty
How about returning them to the Japanese family they were stolen from…
@@caroles5300 how about no
@@ramenlover1727 shellfish! yes, not pearl inlaid - abalone shell! it is beautiful craftsmanship
Anyone that is shocked or broken hearted about this is literally blind to the fact that there was a MASSIVE war going on with these people's home countries. This was the absolute best any POW was treated in WW2. Go learn what Japan did to POWs who were also protected by the Geneva convention. See how many of them had the "limited" freedom these interment camp people had. Go feel sorry for the victims of Unit 731 before you bother saying how bad this is. I really wish I could live in this La La land you live in, where everything is sunshine and rainbows.
These are american citizens not POWS. This video is about how the us government horribly treated a minority group not unit 731.
@@groovysharkbait2180 yes, I knew I would draw out at least 1 bleeding heart, liberal idiot. Yes, I know saying "liberal" and "idiot" is redundant, but I feel as though you liberals do not understand that.
Something else you don't understand is that the USA is unlike anywhere else to ever exist in the world. There's no country that ever existed that has so many cultures welcomed to 1 place. The problem with being so welcoming is that sometimes these other cultures want to come here for a better life and opportunity, which they do receive, but the place they came from turns out to be a bit fanatical. Their home country will declare war on their new country and their old country will encourage their citizens living abroad to rise up and "strike from within!" Now that doesn't always mean literally attacking American citizens, but it does often mean helping their war effort. Like spying, but not what you see in movies or liberal propaganda stories, but like sharing info that they overheard about where the sons were deployed. "Loose lips sink ships" was a big saying back then because so many "US citizens" from Japan were eager to share what they learned, relevant or not. And let's be honest, the Japanese in WW2 were the most fanatical, homicidal, rage filled love for the emperor and land of the rising sun, dangerous humans on the entire planet. I brought up unit 731 because it's a good comparison of how 1 government treated any man, woman, child, civilian, or military personnel, that wasn't Japanese, they didn't care. There's a common misconception that the Japanese were some friendly, docile, peace loving people, but they were not! In many ways, they were much worse than the nazis, but that was part of their surrender. The US kept secret many of the horrible things the Japanese did, in exchange for all the info that they learned. If you want to cry about something, cry about that. Millions of people were murdered and there's almost no memory of them. Unit 731 has a reunion, but it's not about the people they killed.
If you think that's different, then how about the German's treatment of the Jews. They were German citizens, the Jews didn't declare war on Germany like the Japanese did to America. Every crybaby liberal wants to complain about how America is always "so mean" to everyone. "Look, they put Japanese American citizens in concentration camps during WW2!! Let's make a documentary and talk about America being so evil." I'd pay to see a civilian survivor from the nazi death camps or from unit 731 say they were glad they were imprisoned by the nazis or the Japanese, rather than stuck in the American camps. Truthfully, there's no better solution that I can think of to win the war and keep everyone as safe as possible, including the Japanese Americans. Give me a better way to handle a civilian population from an enemy country. The world was at war, not your imagined utopia.
so what you're saying is this dude is not considered american because of his skin color? what is the skin color of a proper american? cmon speak your heart out.
The Chichijima incident (also known as the Ogasawa incident) occurred in late 1944, when Japanese soldiers killed and consumed five American airmen on Chichi Jima, in the Bonin Islands. Maybe if they were a little more humane to prisoners, then so many would not be feared.
These are american citizens u nimrod
this is what will happen with covi9 non vaccine people
Um no?
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Nicely done. Just a few words of discussion, however. Let's not judge the actions of our country in January, 1942 by the standards of May, 2023. If we take ourselves back to 1942 (Close your eyes and pretend right now that the year 1943 hasn't even come around yet), we will see that our nation has suddenly been thrust into a war we didn't want. It is in a desperate struggle for its very survival, and it very well may lose. We're not ready for war; we're losing at every turn; we don't know who in our own land may be plotting against us. We don't know where all our enemies are, and we believe they are preparing for an invasion of our west coastline. The Japanese have struck us in a foul, cowardly sneak attack; thousands of military and thousands of civilians all over the Pacific have been killed, murdered at the hands of these barbaric monsters. Then, and only then, after they attacked us during peacetime, did they, like the cowards they are, have the audacity to declare war on us. Surely, our hatred against this evil is so great that we may very well resolve to completely eliminate the entire Japanese race and claim their lands our own - even if it takes twenty-five years!!! We will kill them all or bring them to their knees in surrender, BY GOD!!!!
That was 1942.
Now, open your eyes and return to the year 2023. We believe we have come to our senses. We know now that propagating hatred, revenge and evil is never right. But didn't we feel a little bit of that enmity by noon on September 11, 2001? So, let's not judge our fathers and mothers and grandfathers and grandmothers too harshly for the way they (temporarily) felt about the Japanese in 1942. I believe that if you are a rational, intelligent human being you will be able to understand how it was back in that day. If you are not, you will rant and argue while not understanding that you cannot judge peoples' actions of eighty years ago with only todays' knowledge.
no excuses for arbitrarily imprisoning a population, this sets a precedent for so many other “justifiable” causes to do such things. this is very different from judging christopher columbus from modern standards, because that was 500+ years ago and times were very different, not to mention governments were much more ruthless than they are now. The japanese internment camps only happenned 75+ years ago, under the same government that rules us, and i will never justify or forgo judgement on such terrible actions, there were so many better solutions that couldve been used that did not have to become government overreach. this is just an example of FDRs tyranical rule over the US and the concequences that show to this day.
You left out some important critical elements.
The US provided aid and weapons to China well before any Pearl Harbor bombing. It wasn’t a “sneak” attack. The US military knew Japan may strike and it hit Pearl Harbor in which Hawaii was just occupied territory even by the US back then.
The Flying Tigers was formed in April 1941. The US already unofficially declared war on Japan.
And for what? To protect China from Japan? European colonization was already all over Asia. Stop being a hypocrite.
9/11 took place on the US mainland and was done so “internally” and utilized US resources to carry out the mission. Flight training in the US.
You make it sound like Japanese Americans are the ones who did the bombing themselves on US soil. 2/3 of the Japanese rounded up were US citizens.
You should learn how to tell the truth instead of spreading your lies and misinformation.
IF UNCLE SAM DID NOT BOX THEM UP .. MASSIVE GETTING BLASTED WOULD HAVE ENSUED...
What?