During World War II, there was the development of internment camps to house Japanese people residing in the USA and parts of Canada.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor had led to the US joining World War II and inevitably to the relocation of Japanese Americans. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was not an impulsive plan and had actually been decisively planned over many months. It had included many sensitive and intricate details and was extremely discreet as to who could be involved. Although Japan was able to remain discreet about their actions, the USA had become suspicious about their plans. However, they underestimated Japan’s capabilities and did not believe that Japan was capable of dropping the bombs from such a long distance. By underestimating…show more content… Many of these detainees had kept journals recounting their experiences, but had to do so in secrecy, so their journals may have been lost or confiscated. One of the few diaries that had been preserved was that of Toyojiro Suzuki’s. In his journal, Suzuki recounts everyday of his experiences at an internment camp in Los Angeles, from the moment he was boarded onto the train. Suzuki recounts the moment when they were all piled onto trains, with only a vague idea of where they were going. All the detainees were cramped together and the train had wired windows to prevent any type of escape. There was no allowance for the prisoners to leave the train and stretch and they were confined until they had reached the actual camp. Once they were in the actual camp, the prisoners were initially forced to endure harsh labor such building cots and other living accommodations for the American soldiers. In addition to building everything for them, they were treated as servants and had to attend to every need of the soldiers. Suzuki also noted how while everyone was in the internment camps, they were often interrogated. He had specifically noticed this one man had politely requested for his interview to be sped up and the translator translated it as if he was being rude and obnoxious. Because of this, his teeth were knocked out and as he had tried to pick his teeth up, the soldiers flushed the teeth down. The brutal conditions that the Japanese had experienced had caused not only a long legacy of being racially profiled against but also caused a major strain between the relationship of America and Japan. American ambassadors were detained and imprisoned for life while in Japan and from then on, it took many years to repair the relationship between the USA and America. Overall, the development and implementation of internment camps had proved to be
