During the war. Operated from 19421948 the camp was the center of a program called quite passage in which hundreds of detainees were exchanged against their will for american diplomats and soldiers and others held behind enemy line. Cspan Jan Jarboe Russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sumi . Cspan sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book, who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer, the most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. And he was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, as you know, photography was like the internet. Anybody that had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. So the 32,000 enemy alien fathers who were arrested were largely arrested not based on anything they had done as human beings, but on their occupations, which could have been harmful, according to the government, to our war effort. And sumi is this was this remarkable, plucky tom
Housed multiple nationalities, german, germanamericans, a italians, japanese, and japaneseamericans, the only camp that housed multiple nationalities during the war. It was chosen in large part because it was in such an isolated location. If you wanted to have a camp like crystal city, it was a very good place to locate it. How did you find sumi . The first thing is, it was a long journey to sumi. I first learned about this camp many years ago, 42 years ago when i was a student at the university of texas. I met a remarkable man, alan tan iguchi, who was the dean of architecture. This might sound funny, but i was very young and from a small town in east texas, and i had never seen an asian person before. I was 19 years old. I met this guy at a Faculty Senate meeting. I was a young reporter for the daily texan. After the meeting, i went up to him and said, ive never met an asian person before. Where are you from . He said, brentwood, california. By said, i said, well professor, how did y
American diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and others held behind enemy lines in germany and japan. Jan jarboe russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sumi . Sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer. The most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. He was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, photography was like the internet. Anybody who had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. The 32,000 enemy aliens fathers who were arrested were not arrested based on anything they had done as human beings but on their occupation, which could have been harmful according to the government to our war effort. Sumi was this remarkable, plucky tomboy who was going to Central Junior High School in los angeles when pearl harbor was bombed, and her life changed in an instant. Is she still alive . She is still alive. She is in her 80s, a
American diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and others held behind enemy lines in germany and japan. Jan jarboe russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sunni . Sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer. The most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. He was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, photography was like the internet. Anybody who had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. The 32,000 enemy aliens fathers who were arrested were not arrested based on anything they had done as human beings but on their occupation, which could have been harmful according to the government to our war effort. Sumi was this remarkable plucky tomboy who was going to Central Junior High School in los angeles when pearl harbor was bombed, and her life changed in an instant. Is she still alive . She is still alive. She is in her 80s, a
People often say any given presidential election is the most important one yet, said William McWhorter, the new chairman of the Gregg County Republican Party. But this year, “it’s true,”