For #DayofRemembrance, I looked up these five days in my mother’s diary. She was 13 years old:
Tuesday, February 17 (War)
Cold. Parents are worried to go away from Puget Sound Region. Mrs. Young came to Washington.
Cold. Parents are worried to go away from Puget Sound Region. Mrs. Young came to Washington.
Wednesday, February 18 (War yet)
Frost. Cold. A happy school day. Had a air raid practice.
Frost. Cold. A happy school day. Had a air raid practice.
Thursday, February 19 (War)
Frost. Cold. Heard niseis should be taken away.
Frost. Cold. Heard niseis should be taken away.
Saturday, February 21
Cold. Dad was taken away by three F.B.I. men at 11:45 o’clock. Mom cried.
Cold. Dad was taken away by three F.B.I. men at 11:45 o’clock. Mom cried.
Sunday, February 22
Cold. First Sun. without dad and am I lonesome. Saw dad‘s picture in the paper.
Cold. First Sun. without dad and am I lonesome. Saw dad‘s picture in the paper.
My mother and her entire family were taken to a temporary camp in Puyallup WA, at the site of the Washington state fairgrounds, and they were eventually incarcerated at Minidoka in Hunt, ID until 1945. #DayOfRemembrance #NeverForget #NeverAgain
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