MontereyHerald.com : - Japanese Americans converge on internment site for anniversary: "Minamoto was 10 when she was crammed into a horse stall at Tanforan with her mother, sisters and brother. They slept on hay, and what she remembers most is the smell of manure, she said. From Tanforan, the family was sent to a remote desert camp in Topaz, Utah, where they were detained even though two other brothers were fighting in the war on the U.S. side.
Being held in what some participants called U.S. 'concentration camps' has pushed many internees to become outspoken on issues of civil liberties.
'We don't want it to happen again to any other nationality,' said Hatsuro Aizawa, 82, of San Francisco, a Tanforan internee, who worries over the treatment of Arab-Americans since September 11. "
Being held in what some participants called U.S. 'concentration camps' has pushed many internees to become outspoken on issues of civil liberties.
'We don't want it to happen again to any other nationality,' said Hatsuro Aizawa, 82, of San Francisco, a Tanforan internee, who worries over the treatment of Arab-Americans since September 11. "
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