The Stories Page Ten

In 1942, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed from their homes along the West Coast of the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They were incarcerated in concentration camps in remote areas until 1945. One of those camps was in Topaz, Utah. Volunteers from the Friends of the Topaz Museum have gathered these stories of Topaz survivors, told by the survivors themselves or their descendants.

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A map of Western United States, showing Military Area 1, a light grey strip along the Pacific Ocean that covers half of Washington, Oregon and California as well as the southern third of Arizona; and Military area 2, a dark grey strip that covers the eastern halves of Washington, Oregon and California.
“Voluntary Relocation”
by Iso Umeki
A senior Japanese American couple, dressed in dark formal wear, sit on a crude bench next to a little boy, their grandson, and his mother. Behind them stand a young Japanese American man in casual jacket and a slightly older brother in U.S. Army uniform. Behind the group is a row of barracks.
Volunteer
by Jon Yatabe
The bare branches of a tree against the sky, next to the snow-covered tile roof of a Japanese temple.
Memories of My Homeland
by Kane Maida
An elderly Japanese American man in a beige shirt and brown sweater vest sits in front of a LEGO poster.
Town Hall
by Shoko Matsuura Umekubo
A young Japanese American couple in 40s-style dress stands outside on the grass with a small boy. A two-story building and a tree can be seen in the background.
Tanforan, Topaz and Beyond
by Iso Minamoto Umeki
The silhouette of a woman, hair blowing in the wind. She is standing in the middle of a desert, surrounded by greasewood. Low mountains rise in the distance. The sky is cloudy.
Tsugio’s Dream
by Naomi Kubota Lee

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