CHLS 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Manzanar, Mount Williamson
11 Feb 2017
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February 19, 1942 (day of remembrance) military areas, evacuated japanese from their homes and eventually into concentration camps. 120,000 2/3 of united states citizens fore see carcerration. Volunteers to build the camp: vehicles were taken and promised the people they will get it back, didn"t happen. Between los angeles and reno, it was the largest camp. Trace back to 1850 during the gold rush. People got rowdy and the military arm was called-riot. Act of resistance: to sneak out of camp to fish. Tree branches shaped into fishing poles with string. Americans began visiting the camps and began to socialize with the japanese people. Americans realized that the japanese community was not a threat to the united states. Went further to fish and caught several of the golden trout. It was on film, he threw the golden trout, couldn"t take it with him.
