Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana
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Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana

The Japanese American Internment Experience at Camp Livingston

  1. 331 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana

The Japanese American Internment Experience at Camp Livingston

About this book

December 7, 1941 changed the lives of thousands of Japanese Americans who became "enemy" in the eyes of the United States government within hours. With Pearl Harbor still smoldering, these men would be arrested and put into the enemy alien internment system. As the study of internment has steadily grown, the information about the confinement sites and ability to piece together the experiences of the men within has remained a challenging task.

Camp Livingston, famous as a site for the Louisiana Maneuvers, holds a darker and less well-known history. From 1942-1943, over 1,000 men of Japanese ancestry were held in this internment camp in the pine forests of central Louisiana. The authors approach this camp's history via the experiences and linkages to and through two families, the Miyamotos and Koharas, who are the beating heart at the center of this saga. Through them, the authors have laid out a historical counter narrative that is part biography and part critical exploration of a forgotten chapter of American history.

This book is the first of its kind to focus primarily on exploring Camp Livingston, arguably one of the lesser-known enemy alien internment camps, in depth including its layout, operations, and the daily life and experiences of the internees within.

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Information

Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781978782921
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Words Matter: A Glossary of Terms
  7. I Hear You Call, Pine Tree
  8. A Stillness in the Archive
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Part I: Foundations in a New Land
  11. Chapter 1: A Consequence of Birth
  12. Chapter 2: Tengoku or Heaven
  13. Chapter 3: A Community Emerges
  14. Chapter 4: Haleʻiwa, Hawaiʻi
  15. Chapter 5: A Temple’s Foundation
  16. Part II: Prelude to War
  17. Chapter 6: The Watchers on the Eve of War
  18. Chapter 7: New Residents among the Pines
  19. Chapter 8: When the Tigers Pounced
  20. Chapter 9: Looking Westward
  21. Chapter 10: Becoming an Enemy Alien
  22. Part III: Wartime Experiences
  23. Chapter 11: ISN-HJ-131-CI
  24. Chapter 12: Let Photographs Tell the Story
  25. Chapter 13: “Koton, Koton”
  26. Part IV: Camp Livingston
  27. Chapter 14: Life in Camp Livingston
  28. Chapter 15: Prisoners under the Pines
  29. Chapter 16: Art, Community, and Resistance
  30. Chapter 17: Connections to the Outside World
  31. Part V: A Family Reunited
  32. Chapter 18: The Road to Repatriation
  33. Chapter 19: Reunited Behind Barbed Wire
  34. Part VI: After War
  35. Chapter 20: Life beyond War
  36. Chapter 21: Mysterious Memories: A Remembrance of Those Who Did Not Return
  37. Chapter 22: What Remains
  38. Chapter 23: Talk Story
  39. Epilogue
  40. Note
  41. Appendix I
  42. Appendix II
  43. Index
  44. About the Authors