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The Japanese American Tule Lake Internment Camp
The Tule Lake Camp served as a prison where Japanese were interned because of Pearl Harbor. The prisoners of this camp were sent there without a trial or proof of any criminal action. They were forced to live in dirty barracks with temperatures ranging from 0 F to 100 F. In the camp there were sand and snow storms. In these camps the Japanese were treated unfairly and sometimes killed. This and the lack of many things required to live a civilized life made the camp a nightmare for its prisoners.
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The Camp
The camp comprised of very little. In it there was: a post office, a bathroom, a recreation hall, a primitive school, a cafeteria, guard towers, a couple of shops, fields, farms, a laundry hall, and a large wire fence. During the day a person in the camp would: take a shower, have breakfast, go to work, have lunch, run errands, have dinner, and report to the barracks before the 10:00 p.m. curfew. Other than a holiday or party this was all the prisoners' lives consisted of. |
Barracks
This is a photo of the barracks. |
The Coming of The Tule Lake Concentration Camp
The Tule Lake was made possible by Order 9066. It stated that anyone could be interned without a trial by the Army. While it never said Japanese in Order 9066 it was ment for the Japanese Americans. The camp was run by the WRA and the Army. It was built in a harsh enviroment so that it would not intervere with society.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
The 442 Regimental Combat Team, comprised entirely of Japanese Americans, was the most decorated unit of its size during WWII. It received more than 200 awards and citations. It served mostly in the Italin Campaign during the war. The Japanese Americans also served as translators of intercepted Japanese messages. It was said by some the war would have lasted much longer if not for the Japanese Americans. |
Guard Tower
This is a model of a guard tower made by J. Yamayachi
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