Fear Itself: The Japanese-American Internment at Heart Mountain | History Traveler Episode 299

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  • Sometimes the greatest generation did some things that were not so great. One of those things would include FDR's Executive Order No. 9066, which led to the internment of over 110,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII. In this episode, we're headed to northern Wyoming to explore the history of one of these internment camps at Heart Mountain.
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  • @TheHistoryUnderground
    @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

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    • @Deathtroopers09
      @Deathtroopers09 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please make more longer episodes like this

  • @Chadlcarroll
    @Chadlcarroll 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    My Japanese grandma, who just passed a few years ago, lived in Tokyo during the war, and lost siblings in bombings. My mom said she never talked about the war. In the 50’s she moved to the US with my grandpa, and at times she wasn’t treated well. Anyway, thanks for being willing to examine some of the things we aren’t proud of in the US. Politically, it seems to have become faux pas to do so.

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Oh wow. I would have loved to have sat down and talked to her for an afternoon.

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes. It was always not so welcoming for the latest immigrants. It would have been interesting to hear her stories.

    • @diggerlenny4836
      @diggerlenny4836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@TheHistoryUnderground maybe you could put out feelers to see if there mite be folks to talk to about theyre experiences...these stories will be lost to time
      Great episode sir👍☘️

    • @pmccoy8924
      @pmccoy8924 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@jamesdellaneve9005yes. Like the Italians, Irish, etc. I feel bad for the children and innocent. It’s truly sad the Japanese government was feeling froggy and jumped. They did this to their people on Dec 7, 1941; it wasn’t the Americans. Wait until you see what the Japanese did to Americans in their “camps”. Eye for an eye leaves us all blind. War is hell. This isn’t a “racist” American problem, though. Hardly, actually.
      Sadly, it seems the war drums of our past are rearing their ugly heads again. When tyranny runs rampant, money is king. I think Commander in Chief Eisenhower warned us on his farewell address.

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@pmccoy8924 The Japanese military was terribly wicked for sure. Mostly killed innocent civilians. And starved and tortured their military prisoners. Our country definitely has a fascism problem. The combination of corporate and governmental power. Not good for the citizens for sure. Both parties are in agreement on this bad collaboration.

  • @tonyahundley
    @tonyahundley 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have to say that when you read Dr Seuss, my jaw dropped. I wasn’t expecting that

  • @phyllishershkowitz3806
    @phyllishershkowitz3806 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    WOW, Dr. Seuss cartoon was shocking! What did “We” do to German Americans during WW2? I have seen videos of German Americans having a rally in Madison Square Garden with Nazi flags and brown shirts. And as much as I liked FDR, he was no angel. He even turned back the ship St. Louis carrying Jews fleeing Hitler! Complicated indeed!

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      FDR wasn’t the flawless man that some have made him out to be.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Several thousand German Americans, as well as Italian Americans, were interned actually. Obviously not to the same degree considering that German heritage represented a fifth of the US population. However, that doesn't mean that the government tolerated Americans associating with National Socialism after the US entered the war either. Any American with open or suspected pro-German sympathies after 1941 was either kept under surveillance by the feds or put into prison/interment.

  • @kljaberg848
    @kljaberg848 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My grandparents came to the United States from Germany in 1923. They became naturalized US citizens. The family settled in the Midwest and during the war. Their very German last name subjected them to actions unheard of today. My grandfather said he didn't like it but he understood. I do not condone or wish to minimize any actions against the Japanese and/or German Americans but what we have done in that era? What happened after 911? Can we learn from the past?

  • @jordank8935
    @jordank8935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Thank you for covering this story!
    My grandparents and great-grandparents were in the internment camps.
    I'm so happy someone is covering this topic because it made such an impact on my family
    My great-uncle fought and died in Italy while he was in the 442nd. Thanks for covering!

    • @only1dutchgirl
      @only1dutchgirl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      442nd fought valliantly in Italy.. lots of casualties but they stood their ground!

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thanks for his service to his country.

  • @pamelagabert4709
    @pamelagabert4709 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Growing up in the 50s our next door neighbors were in the camps. My dad fought in the Pacific in WW2. The family across the street were also in camps. I didn't know about the camps until I was grown. I always wondered what kind of thought process my dad and neighbors had during those years. My dads parents were from Berlin, so he wasn't allowed to fight in Europe. No one ever spoke about it.

  • @dbach1025
    @dbach1025 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Great job showing a sad chapter in Americas history. Hopefully some folks today can look back and see a group of proud Americans who were greatly oppressed, yet they remained loyal Americans and fought in several wars and did not burn their own cities down. Great example for the youth of today and those in power.

  • @lightningrider2508
    @lightningrider2508 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Truly one of America's darkest days, a shame that cannot be washed away. I was neighbor to a lady Leiko "Mary" Hiano. She spent her teen age years in a camp. Worked in the Provost Marshall's office. She contracted polio there and was crippled the remainder of her life. To truly a great friend and Citizen of this country. Thank you for your friendship and all you taught my. Rest well my friend. Ron

  • @michae8jackson378
    @michae8jackson378 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for this episode JD. We cannot forget this....!!!

  • @bobbiestrella8160
    @bobbiestrella8160 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Thank you for posting this! My grandmother grew up on Bainbridge Island, and was 10 when Pearl Harbor was bombed. She always talks about friends she had who were of Japanese descent, and remembers them leaving, as well as non-Japanese mutual friends keeping a family's house and farm going until they were allowed to come home. Sadly, this wasn't the norm; there was usually nothing left for the families who survived internment and returned home. Their homes had either been destroyed or sold off to white Americans.

  • @richardmcdonnell3388
    @richardmcdonnell3388 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I grew up with several American friends who were of Japanese ancestry who were born in internment camps. They never talked about it.Our next door neighbor served in the 442nd

  • @cyndiebill6631
    @cyndiebill6631 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I remember asking my parents about this when I read a book about it in high school. People were scared because of Pearl Harbor and felt it was much safer to have the Japanese in the camps. It was the times and the government thought it was right thing to do to protect the country.
    Thank you for showing this part of American history. Great video as always 👍🙂

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thanks. Lots of civil liberties have been violated in the name of making other people feel safe.

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hahaha! I knew you’d find a chunk of old concrete. Northern Wyoming can be really bleak in the middle of winter. It’s not just the cold but the wind.

  • @ronnylee8393
    @ronnylee8393 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for this. We need to remember not only the good history but that history that is not so good. So we might remember and not do anything like this again. God bless you.

  • @paulyparker8217
    @paulyparker8217 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Well done J.D. and I appreciate your balanced perspective as always Brother. This is important history to all of us. America is in trouble at the moment and I feel we are at a crossroads. We have a lot to learn from these Japanese American internees. Forgiveness, grace and hope are all things we need more of these days. Keep up the great work, Amigo. Cheers

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👍🏻

    • @gdroege44
      @gdroege44 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What a great example of injustice which is creeping its way back into our society. 😢

    • @maryhendrickson5522
      @maryhendrickson5522 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you for doing such a great job at heart mountain, we visited heart mountain back in 2011 if I remember right, looks like some things have changed. It’s very neat to get one of the original buildings back at the camp. It’s awful that this happened in the first place. It’s sad to say history has a way to repeat this from the past. We hope this won’t happen again. Heart mountain Wyoming was cold to all of individuals coming from warmer states that first winter, too. Thank you again.

  • @steveburzlaff1430
    @steveburzlaff1430 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I grew up in Eastern Wyoming in the 1960s and 60s. My dad was a farm implement dealer so I was around farmers all my life. I remember a Japanese family that had moved back to Wyoming and settled on a farm. Age won’t let me remember names or exact dates or other specifics but I do remember selling parts to them and my dad going to their farm.

  • @thelorriesweeneyable
    @thelorriesweeneyable 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not so good things is humanity at its fearful.

  • @randystolz
    @randystolz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Let's not forget that white, by and large, Americans made a crap ton of money buying the farms and businesses of internees on their way out of town for pennies on the dollar.
    Let's not forget that the 442nd was the most decorated and had the highest casualty rate of any unit its size during WWII.

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Love the 442nd.

    • @randystolz
      @randystolz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      *and homes

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Correct. I think one of the key words that people miss when they say that the 442nd was the most decorated unit is that it's proportional to their _size_ . Regular infantry regiments, which were smaller than the 442nd, did in fact receive more awards and take higher casualties. So to avoid dismissing the sacrifice of other American servicemen, I think it's important to make that distinction between regiment and regimental combat team.

    • @unkownmn
      @unkownmn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have photo of the japanese american soldier,I'm looking for a image of the gate guards or gate photo of amache and Wyoming

  • @danieljohnhunter
    @danieljohnhunter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I live mere miles from Heart Mountain in Powell and am very familiar with the internment camp, the Interpretive Center and it's history. It is very well done and I encourage anyone who can to visit. Dang JD - you were so close. I would have loved to meet you. This is hands down my favorite channel, please keep up the wonderful work!

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks! Appreciate that. Wish I could’ve stayed longer.

    • @MrEaglesfan40
      @MrEaglesfan40 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What a great video JD a very sad but important part of American history, the sacrifices these folks were forced to endure, but also the bravery and sacrifice they made in defense of our great nation in WW2. Fantastic work JD in telling this story and bringing this to us Thank You

  • @ketojo
    @ketojo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I'm a native of Wyoming. We had extensive Wyoming history lessons in elementary school in the 70s. This is the first time I've heard there was an internment camp in Wyoming. This was a great and informative video, heartbreaking yet showcasing the resilient human spirit.

  • @johnresto1603
    @johnresto1603 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Facing the mountain is an amazing book dealing with Japanese Americans during thr war. I highly recommend it.

  • @johnreinburg859
    @johnreinburg859 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I was in the Army Reserve in my home state of Hawaii. The unit is the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry and it is still an active Army Reserve unit.

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🇺🇸

    • @paulloya3902
      @paulloya3902 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It u are ever in Los Angeles; make sure u see Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles where many members of the 442nd are buried j the local American Legion is named after Sadao Munemari who received for Medal of a Honor for his great sacrifice of throwing himself on a grenade to save two members of his fighting unit; many Japanese received accolades n medals while their families were incarcerated in the US…. Sad legacy of racism that sadly still runs deep

    • @paulloya3902
      @paulloya3902 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There are some great documentaries on the 442nd n how it started in Hawaii; buy the United States postal stamp book that honors the “Go for Broke” fighting spirit of the 442nd :)

    • @patrickmccrann991
      @patrickmccrann991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There are several books about the war service of the 442nd. Also, a movie made in the 50s, "Go for Broke," about the 442nd that actually starred several original members of the regiment.

  • @robertdelacruz2951
    @robertdelacruz2951 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for presenting this story. Your documentary IS and WILL BE an historic video.

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This indeed is one of the most shammful events of WWII. I could never understand why we were not taught this in high school histroy. I suppose winners only want to remember their finest moments, and why my dad was still fighting the WWII pacific theatre until he died in 2021.

  • @jsmithsemper4848
    @jsmithsemper4848 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks for this! Their peaceful nature is what stands out the most. It outshines everything. ❤

  • @dragonpullman23
    @dragonpullman23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I was part of a Boy Scout troop in Kaneohe, HI, the scoutmaster was a WW2 veteran by the name of Paul Kusunoki, who was part of the 100th battalion when he served in the war. He offered an interesting perspective in terms of wisdom at the end of every meeting and I even saw a picture of what he looked like as a young man. Sadly, in the years since I moved back to Maryland, he has died. He was 96 when he passed on November 2, 2018.

    • @patrickmccrann991
      @patrickmccrann991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dragon, when the 100th Battalion was merged into the 442nd RCT, it retained its 100th designation at the troops request. The 442nd's Infantry Battalions were listed as the 100th, 2nd, and 3rd. This was the only unit like that in the U.S. Army.

  • @carterjhilty
    @carterjhilty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Love the longer format videos!! As always great work JD!!

  • @paulloya3902
    @paulloya3902 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Most people don’t know that internment camps were all on native lands bc native lands are on sovereign nations n there is no due process necessary; which is why we still have incarcerated people in Guantanamo, Cuba
    Please do a video on the DOJ camps n not just the War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps ….there are so many California historical markers where assembly centers were located all up through central California…. Including Fresno, Stockton, Modesto, Stanislaus County (Turlock) where many were housed while the camps were being built …. If u are ever in Seattle; go see the Bainbridge island Japanese memorial where the first internees after executive order 9066 was signed …. A beautiful memorial; I’ve been to Manzanar, Poston n Gila River n about 7-8 assembly centers in California

  • @Wreckdiver59
    @Wreckdiver59 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thanks for covering this JD. It's something I knew about, but I'm not sure how well know it is any more. Well worth the amount of time I spent watching 👍
    Funny how there were people calling for something similar just a few years ago for another group of US citizens who made different choices with their lives 😢

  • @terranceolive6792
    @terranceolive6792 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's really amazing that the nature of the persons choose honor over hate for what was done to them

  • @tomswanson7642
    @tomswanson7642 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing story JD very moving

  • @sda4jesus1
    @sda4jesus1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Fear Itself" PERFECT title!

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Honestly when i first heard of this topic, and saw the title of this video, I thought it it was going to be pretty depressing, just another dark chapter in the dark history of the second world war that we are all too familiar with.
    But no, hearing this story was actually quite uplifting in many ways, the perseverance and resilience of the Japanese-American people was truly inspiring, and of how they made the best of their hard circumstances. Certainly i think a lesson many of us can learn from ourselves.
    I really appreciate the ending message you gave as well, it was very well spoken. Thanks for sharing these lesser known aspects of history with us all JD, keep up the great work!

  • @greggriffin1
    @greggriffin1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THANK YOU

  • @1psychofan
    @1psychofan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just got home from church~I am so looking forward to watching this❤. Pressing play!

  • @7mrooks
    @7mrooks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    45 minutes?! YES!! Great way to start our Sundays. Keep up the amazing work JD we greatly appreciate it.

  • @kcburmeister
    @kcburmeister 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for another great episode. My family was incarcerated at Heart Mountian... and my mother was born there. It is truly a sad, sobering place.

  • @Scottybk
    @Scottybk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks JJ for showing us your view of the Asian theater. Excellent video!

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    JD, just thinking here: you and your channel would be perfect for having an all in one video on The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, The Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tails and the Navajo Code Talkers. Thanks for keeping our American history alive.

  • @maryhenderson8251
    @maryhenderson8251 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I didn’t know there was 10 interment camps . One was here in Santa Fe, NM. My mom remembers it. Said the Japanese-Americans kept the camp looking nice with flowers 🌸. Such a sad part of our history.

  • @1psychofan
    @1psychofan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow JD! Talk about raiding the bar! This was incredible!!! Thank you for taking us there!

  • @Luckypanda77
    @Luckypanda77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As the saying goes, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it”. I am so thankful my high school English teacher made us read “Farewell to Manzanar” about one woman’s experience at a Japanese internment camp. If my teacher had not had us read that book, I would have never known that this had happened.

  • @sawtooth4615
    @sawtooth4615 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My wife (caucasian) and I visited the Minidoka camp in 2018. My family lived southwest Idaho during the war. Both of my grandfathers immigrated from Japan sponsored by the railroad and had to work off that sponsorship for two years. Both came to Idaho to work on the railroad and stayed after serving out their sponsorship. One of my Uncles served in the 442 Regiment. Two others served in the Army. Because we lived in land none of my relatives were interned. My parents never spoke of the camps and we were not allowed to learn the language although my grandmother that we lived near did not speak English. Even when we married in 1967 we continued to get "stares" when we entered places like restaurants or even were ignored and not waited on. To this day we laugh that we are the invisible couple.........

  • @Hobbitma
    @Hobbitma 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Beautiful and heartbreaking in so many ways.

  • @Castlebank_Sidings
    @Castlebank_Sidings 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ive downloaded this to watch on the plsne from the UK to Spain. Looking forward to seeing it.

  • @alonzovillarreal4666
    @alonzovillarreal4666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This channel is one of the best History channels out there

  • @emilygardner4829
    @emilygardner4829 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    excellent video!

  • @scottw4336
    @scottw4336 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For those that may over react to all of this....the CONTEXT here is so so important. I do not defend nor condone what happened here....however...contextually we were attacked by surprise and had no idea who were friends or foes. I had talks with my grand parents, great grand parents and great uncles and aunts. They were afraid and unsure. The entirety of the late 30's to mid 40's was an extraordinary time...with all types of sacrifice. May Peace prevail 🤙😎🤙🇺🇲

  • @jaimemasuda
    @jaimemasuda 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My grandparents were interned at different camps and one of my grandmothers was at Heart Mountain and my grandfather, her husband, served in the army. All but 1 of my grandparents were US citizens. They were all wonderful, loving, hard working and respectful people who never complained about what they had endured. It’s really sad to see what they had to go through and I’m really glad that you are bringing this to people’s attention because not a lot of Americans know. Thank you so much for this episode.

    • @DonnaMM6361
      @DonnaMM6361 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry this was done to your family. Have they talked about what the process was like for them? What happened to them?
      Pres Roosevelt wrote an "Excutive Decision" to incarcerate American people, and everyone just went along with that? Roosevelt had to have begun preparations at least a few weeks ahead of his announcement. Yet, he did not give these people more than a day or two to make arrangements for such a life changing event? Very suspicious. He likely did not want to warm them. I hope that your family did not lose their assets long term. Has anyone written any memoirs? I feel that these events need to have personal accounts written in order for others to fully comprehend what occurred. This is clearly important, as we are still living with government agencies who think nothing of just throwing away the most fundamental of human rights. This is still going on today, in various ways. Executive decisions are only supposed to be temporary.

  • @JC-ke7mj
    @JC-ke7mj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was so interesting! Thank you!

  • @davidking6172
    @davidking6172 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well done JD great episode 👏

  • @PathfinderHistoryTravel
    @PathfinderHistoryTravel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Outstanding content is the norm here. Thanks. And also thank you for continuing to point out that in times when fear is high, watch out for the authoritarians. Our constitution must be constantly defended.

  • @pauldouglas3084
    @pauldouglas3084 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

  • @briant340
    @briant340 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a powerful episode! Thank you, JD

  • @TorinFinney
    @TorinFinney 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Outstanding video, one of the best treatments of the camps I've seen on TH-cam! I am a great fan of your channel and this story has interested me since I wrote my college thesis on the 442 at UC Santa Cruz in 1982-83. I met many of the vets at a reunion in LA at that time, and years later took my students to the Japanese American National Museum in LA for an annual field trip. Thanks for keeping this cautionary tale alive with your excellent work. 👍

  • @noracole8107
    @noracole8107 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hermitage, Pa. became home for 2nd generation Japanese woman from the camp. She went to college, received a bachelor and master degree and taught in a local school. She was a customer of mine and told me her story with no animosity toward the government. A totally gracious lady. This should never have happened but at least they weren't told to go left or right. Thank you JD for telling of this unfortunate time in our country.

  • @tomboustead7588
    @tomboustead7588 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is a lot to digest in this video especially in the realms of forgiveness Don’t be afraid to make longer videos when there is good information to share. Thank you for your great work

  • @ED-ti5tc
    @ED-ti5tc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bad time in history for sure. Thanks for covering this. And also, thanks for the lengthy video. Love your videos and channel.

  • @32dras
    @32dras 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dang, that cartoon on 10:20 is same type of cartoons one European regime at the same time was placing about one other "ill-suited" people.
    JD nicely said, when people with totalitarian tendencies come in power, it never end well. We can see that in Eastern Europe in last year and half. Hope people in developed democracies won't repeat mistakes.

  • @johnruta2558
    @johnruta2558 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Truly one of the best history traveler vlogs I have watched it was a sad time for all who lived in this great country the Japanese who were American citizens become prisoners in there own country dam I pray this never happens again let freedom reign 🙏 🙏 🙏 May God bless America 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

  • @On-Our-Radar-24News
    @On-Our-Radar-24News 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Such a sad sad part of our countries history. The Japanese Americans who endured that showed us what proud to be American really looks like.

  • @olliehop20
    @olliehop20 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm a Chinese American, I was adopted & brought here as a baby. I grew up never really learning about Asian/Asian-American history since my parents are very white U.S. born individuals & therefore don't have any oral history to teach me. On top of that, the American school system (in my experience) tends to do a really terrible job of teaching US history concerns people of color/other ethnicities. I remember learning a bit about African American slavery, how we treated the Native Americans, & a little bit of how we treated hispanic individuals, but that is about it. I don't remember learning anything about Asian-American history, so to learn about this as an adult is fascinating to me because it's something I never knew & wish I had learned at least a little bit about while I was in school. I grew up always wanting to learn more about Asian-American and Chinese-American history & culture, but that was always a task left to me on my own time, never really covered in history class in school.

  • @ou8venus2
    @ou8venus2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You are amazing JD, just amazing. I appreciate everything that you, Erik, your guests and everyone behind the scenes do to make these quality videos. The best history channel I have ever watched. You make history so interesting and not a bore. Bless you all.-Lisa from Ayden,NC. 😊

  • @sharlaash5034
    @sharlaash5034 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You nailed it! We have visited Manzanar in California several times. An equally moving experience and we came to the same conclusions as you. Thank you for preserving the history and honoring these loyal Americans.

  • @janvafa9959
    @janvafa9959 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved this! I grew up seeing that chimney, and wishing they would preserve the history of the place!
    After the war, when the Heart Mountain Reclamation Project was going on, the veterans who had been selected and their families lived in the barracks while getting their homesteads ready for their families. My dad was one of those homesteaders. He told me that they were given the option of building a home from scratch, or they could purchase a barracks for $1 and pay to have it moved to their homestead location. I grew up in one of these barracks! It was remodeled over the years, and oh how I miss those times! I would love if you could do a history of the reclamation project!

  • @WFMeyer
    @WFMeyer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well done as always JD. You're a heck of a good storyteller.

  • @firstcitytraveler
    @firstcitytraveler 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow! What a powerful story. This camp and the others show what happened and what should never happen again. Thank you for visiting this camp. It's one I did not know about.

  • @singlemothertrucker376
    @singlemothertrucker376 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to work out there for Park County Road and Bridge. There used to be officers houses still standing. I havent been there for awhile but it looks like they have done a lot to it. It used to be just deserted so im glad they have put memorials up. I could tell ya a few things about that place. 😢

  • @warbirdwf
    @warbirdwf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope they restore and preserve the remaining original buildings left onsite for future generations. It would be interesting to visit that site and walk through those original, restored buildings to get a sense of what these people had to endure. This was clearly an embarrassing moment in American history that most would agree shouldn't have happened.

  • @ncwoodworker
    @ncwoodworker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Perhaps you’ll be heading over to Little Bighorn next?

  • @danlitteer2178
    @danlitteer2178 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my favorite videos. Thanks for teaching us about an often overlooked part of our history JD.

  • @debrasams2362
    @debrasams2362 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for sharing. Such a sad part of history. These many were resilient and did their best in a terrible situation and violation of their being. They lost all they worked for. Where would the water they needed have come from?

  • @eyriehill
    @eyriehill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, JD. Thank you for sharing this story - one I never learned in school but everyone should hear.

    • @eyriehill
      @eyriehill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      PS It was great to meet you while you were in Cody! Hope you come back again.

  • @deborahgibson9039
    @deborahgibson9039 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A fantastic episode that I believe many people are unaware of this part of history. A sad time indeed for our fellow Americans to be treated in this way. I would definitely like to visit Wyoming one day and this place will be on my list.

  • @19202557
    @19202557 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done JD it's going to take me two months on my next trip out west next year just to see all the places you have shown us.

  • @lthom5158
    @lthom5158 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video! Very informative and important to remember.

  • @HistoricScents
    @HistoricScents 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Crazy how the NM governor just said that if she declares an emergency it allows her to limit or get rid of any rights that she wants including free speech and the 2nd amendment....goes with what you said about how authoritarians emerge during an emergency.

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Always watch for the authoritarians. Right now, the one in charge in New Mexico should be cause for concern.

    • @patrickmccrann991
      @patrickmccrann991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is already a lawsuit being brought in Federal Court challenging her declaration. I suspect it will be fast tracked very quickly.

    • @HistoricScents
      @HistoricScents 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      one can only hope@@patrickmccrann991

  • @katiemyers4174
    @katiemyers4174 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Forty-two minutes in: Well, that was just a little bit here.
    JD! This has to be the longest video you've done! Thanks for taking us to another place that some may not have known and won't get to visit. I lost track of how many times I said WOW during this presentation.

  • @motorTranz
    @motorTranz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was one of your best documentaries JD! Many thanks!

  • @jacquelinebloom4339
    @jacquelinebloom4339 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    How thought provoking. The Japanese people were so gracious and forgiving but it makes me angry that our government would treat them as criminals. Thank you JD for explaining it so well.

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed.

    • @lightingbolt8148
      @lightingbolt8148 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They should be madder at their native homeland first

    • @scottbivins4758
      @scottbivins4758 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@lightingbolt8148i agree even though FDR was already doing his bullshit. The Japanese government deserves a lot of the blame if they wouldn't have attacked the United States of America I don't think the internment camps would have been used for them and I'm not saying what we did was good I'm just saying I understand why it happened alot of people put their feelings over the facts. We got attacked by Japan and honestly it was probably better for every Japanese-American in this country at this time to be in one of them camps look at America's racial history an we were just attacked oh thats gonna bring in feelings that dont need to be there.

  • @mattwatkins6282
    @mattwatkins6282 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An incredible story told incredibly well as usual JD! Really enjoyed the longer format. I think we're all sponges for history so sure we'd all be happier with longer vids going forward

  • @dankorolyk5917
    @dankorolyk5917 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brave of you to make this episode,nicely done.

  • @jamesjones9127
    @jamesjones9127 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video. My Grandpa fought with the 442 RCT in Italy and France during WW2 it be awesome for you to do a video on their experiences in Europe during the war. Go For Broke!

    • @TheHistoryUnderground
      @TheHistoryUnderground  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh man. That is incredible. I definitely plan on going where those guys fought at some point.

  • @kplante7881
    @kplante7881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always a very significant story to hear and see. Your videos are always well done with heart. Thanks for doing what you do… your appreciated.

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautifully made video JD! one of your best if i do say so myself, with the picturesque scenery, the depth of history, and the inspiring story about the perseverance and resilience of the Japanese-American people.
    It was a very thought provoking and inspiring story to share with us, and i thank you for shedding light on the lesser known parts of history.

  • @missmissy2490
    @missmissy2490 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent as always. Important history. Thank you.

  • @don-e4838
    @don-e4838 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing this story.

  • @Jclyde59
    @Jclyde59 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful tribute to history. We have been touched by an American who lived it. We visited a number of years ago and it is wonderful to see the improvments and expansion happening to honor those who sacrificed.

  • @Jim-op3kg
    @Jim-op3kg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome JD. Thanks for the lesson

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fabulous. Appears the People immediately set to, with industry and excellence. Remarkable on so many levels. In New Zealand, we dispatched the People to an Island. The People gardened, and supplied vegetables to Wellington City. For the duration.

  • @nicholasbcleghorn8008
    @nicholasbcleghorn8008 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent presentation. Thanks for your efforts.

  • @WyomingandtheWild
    @WyomingandtheWild 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live not far from This area and have visited this relocation center a few times. Welcome to our area Sir! I love your videos!

  • @MrEaglesfan40
    @MrEaglesfan40 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Outstanding video JD Thank you

  • @johnyork8708
    @johnyork8708 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really neat video, thanks JD!

  • @machomunchies
    @machomunchies 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just get stoned and binge your videos in my hammock all day. I rewatch a lot of them. 😂❤ I love your content, it makes me wanna become a history traveler too

  • @Deus-Too
    @Deus-Too 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well done!

  • @Qigate
    @Qigate 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have been to the Manzanar camp in Owen's Valley CA. The land still weeps from the injustice done in the name of Public Safety. And I fear many today have forgotten the lesson.

  • @rodeastell3615
    @rodeastell3615 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this emotional video.

  • @matthelmer2024
    @matthelmer2024 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely love the music you put behind your videos