And Justice for All

An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps

John Tateishi

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780295977850
• eBook ISBN: 9780295803944
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: World War II
• Index: Social Sciences

At the outbreak of World War II, more than 115, 000 Japanese American civilians living on the West Coast of the United States were rounded up and sent to desolate "relocation" camps, where most spent the duration of the war. In this poignant and bitter yet inspiring oral history, John Tateishi allows thirty Japanese Americans, victims of this trauma, to speak for themselves. And Justice for All captures the personal feelings and experiences of the only group of American citizens ever to be confined in concentration camps in the United States. In this new edition of the book, which was originally published in 1984, an Afterword by the author brings up to date the lives of those he interviewed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the Original Edition
• Introduction
• MARY TSUKAMOTO—Jerome
• EDDIE SAKAMOTO —Manzanar
• WILLIAM HOSOKAWA—Heart Mountain
• YURI TATEISHI—Manzanar
• HARUKO NIWA—Manzanar
• DONALD NAKAHATA—Topaz
• HELEN MURAO—Minidoka
• PAUL SHINODA—"Volunteer" Evacuee Grand Junction, Colorado
• MITSUYE ENDO—Topaz
• MINORU YASUI—Minidoka
• TOM WATANABE—Manzanar
• MIYO SENZAKI—Rowher
• MABEL OTA—Poston
• MORGAN YAMANAKA—Tule Lake
• JOHN KANDA—Tule Lake 442nd Regimental Combat Team, France, Italy
• VIOLET DE CRISTOFORO—Tule Lake
• IWATO ITOW—Bismarck, North Dakota
• EMI SOMEKAWA—Tule Lake
• RAYMOND KATAGI—Heart Mountain
• SHIG DOI—Tule Lake 442nd Regimental Combat Team, France, Italy
• JACK TONO—Heart Mountain
• TOM KAWAGUCHI—Topaz 442nd Regimental Combat Team, France, Italy
• HARRY UENO—Manzanar
• FRED FUJIKAWA—Jerome
• THERESA TAKAYOSHI—Minidoka
• YOSHIYE TOGASAKI—Manzanar
• FRANK CHUMAN—Manzanar
• CHIYE TOMIHIRO—Minidoka
• BEN TAKESHITA—Tule Lake
• WILSON MAKABE—442nd Regimental Combat Team, Italy
• Afterword
• About the Author