Japanese Relocation Camp in Idaho

[asirimarco]

Saturday we went to visit a "relocation camp' out in the middle of farm lands not too far from Twin Falls, ID
Very interesting and informative and sad. We met a man there who spent his teenage years there. How can he not be bitter? He wasn't - just very glad to be able to talk about it.
I put some pictures on the blog. http://travelinginrvandlivinginlasvegas.blogspot.com/

[gypsyrose1126]

Very interesting, thanks for the pictures and the information.

[Bethers]

Just thinking of it makes me sad. Thanks for sharing.

[MandysMom]

I grew up hearing stories of a couple of Japanese families who lived in Tracy, my hometown in CA, who were sent to the camps. The city residents vowed that the families would not lose their property so kept their farms/businesses going and homes intact, so when the war was over and the families returned they stepped back into their lives. It was just what they decided to do as a community so it didn't seem a big deal when I was a kid knowing they and their children, yet as a adult I came to realize that was a huge deal what the citizens of Tracy did. I don't know what camps those people were placed in but it would be interesting to see and be reminded both what we did as a country and to think at least these few families had homes to come back to.
Velda

[Redetotry]

I grew up hearing stories of a couple of Japanese families who lived in Tracy, my hometown in CA, who were sent to the camps. The city residents vowed that the families would not lose their property so kept their farms/businesses going and homes intact, so when the war was over and the families returned they stepped back into their lives. It was just what they decided to do as a community so it didn't seem a big deal when I was a kid knowing they and their children, yet as a adult I came to realize that was a huge deal what the citizens of Tracy did. I don't know what camps those people were placed in but it would be interesting to see and be reminded both what we did as a country and to think at least these few families had homes to come back to.
Velda

What a wonderful thing the people of Tracy did. I think there are still a lot of people today who are generous at heart but we seem to hear so much negative news it tends to overshadow the good around us.
I remember how people in my hometown helped out when people had difficulties and many times it was those with the least who gave the most.

[retiredhappy]

The really sad thing is that in this day and age many people would do the same thing to Muslims because of their appearance. During World War II there was not once case of an American-Japanese betraying this country. The same cannot be said of German Americans. So sad.