Examine the layout of the camps and
look
at the inside of a residential
unit (20 x 24 ft).
What can we see on a
topographic
map? (Exame the map and then check below for the
answer.)
Answers:
water
tower, sewage treatment ponds, and former dirt roads
The U.S. Army recruited Japanese in the camps (1,500 men volunteered) to fight in Europe for freedoms that they and their families were denied at home! Japanese-American soldiers had very high causality rates, as military cemeteries document.
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Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 June 1996; last revised on 09 March 2005.