The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
- Written by Olivia Tasevski, Tutor in International Relations and History, The University of Melbourne
A 1945 photograph of detainees at the Honouliuli Internment Camp.courtesy of National Park ServiceIn the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of Japanese American civilians from the U.S. mainland.
Often forgotten are the Japanese Americans who...
