Mixed emotions after declaration of war on Japan

Nickname Kibei schoolchildren in Hiroshima, Japan Feelings of loyalty to America while in Japan Treatment of Kibei after return to United States Keian employment agencies Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects Mixed emotions after declaration of war on Japan Finding work in the assembly center Living conditions in the Santa Anita Assembly Center Train ride to Jerome Relocation Center Atmosphere in his Merrill’s Marauders unit when surrounded by Japanese soldiers Finding his relative among Japanese prisoners

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Well, I understand it was the American point. If you're attacked, you have to do something to defend. So it's natural to me. So I kinda mixed because I got a Japanese way of thinking, and also American way of thinking. So kinda mixed emotion or whatever. But I thought I'm American, but then people thinks I'm the Japanese, kinda, so I refrained from making any statements, either side get mad, so best not to say anything. That's one of the ideas, just to keep mouth shut and see, and some will disagree, some will agree, but I just... if they asked my opinion, sometime I, as long as it wouldn't hurt I just tell 'em. So that's my idea, so...

Date: December 17 & 18, 2003
Location: Washington, US
Interviewer: Alice Ito, Tom Ikeda
Contributed by: Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

identity patriotism World War II