Japanese Internment in the USA
Summary of Japanese internment
in the US
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When the Japanese army bombed Pearl Habour on December 7, 1941, life was never the same again for Japanese Americans as racial tensions grew among the American public. They were suspected of being spies to the Empire of Japan. On February 19, 1942, the 32nd president of the United States of America, President Franklin Roosevelt established the Japanese internment camps through Executive Order 9066. Americans of Japanese ancestry were forced to evacuate from their homes and they were sent to isolated camps where living conditions were confining and poor. 117,000 people - many of whom were American citizens were affected as they spent the next three years living behind barbed wires and under armed guard.
Summary of Miss Sasagawara
The Legend of Miss Sasagawara is a short story about the life of Japanese Americans who lived in the internments camps during the Second World War. The story revolves around Miss Sasagawara, who moved to evacuation camp in Arizona with her father after the death of her mother. Miss Sasagawara was a ballet dancer who travelled around the country before the war happened and men and women alike admired her youthfulness and beauty. However, Miss Sasagawara’s mysterious and cold behaviour attracted unwanted attention from the people around her and she became the talk of other fellow Japanese Americans who lived in the same camp as her.