8.+Japanese+American+Citizens+League+(JACL)



I will be scarred by the recent events for the rest of my life. My major commanded us to be deployed to a Japanese Internment Camp where Japanese citizens were being kept during World War II. We had to force these citizens to be kept in camps to live on their own just because we had to assume that all of them were spies going ageist our country. While we were here our commanding officer and several other troops were called into an informational meeting. He explained to us that there may be several changes around here. Our government is undergoing the creation of The Japanese American Citizens League which is a bill to address issues of discrimination towards Japanese Americans. The bill will be passed in 1929. Many of the homes and stores all across america had signs of patriotism which were very offensive towards Japanese. They said things such as No Japs allowed, Keep walking Japs, Go Back where you came from and leave us alone. The day after the meeting adjourned we had gone back to our duty of keeping control of the imprisoned Japanese Americans. We have shipped them in food, blankets, clothing, and care packages. They stayed in small tents with several other families. Although the living arrangements were acceptable, many prisoners exclaimed that they felt violated. They also said they felt like the Jews during the holocaust but we explained that this is nothing rear the sort.