On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:28 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > It is my experience that to a first, or even a second, approximation the > representation of anything on TV or in movies is a load of crap.
TV occasionally does it well: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranos, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, The Americans, Homicide -- Life on the Streets, Rome The Vikings, and a few others. >Glen did mention that the US asked his father to join the military, and his >response was "Sure, as soon as you let my >family out of the camp". That is the position taken by the "protesters" in the play, including the war hero's father, sister and brother-in-law. It was also the position taken by Takei's father, which go the family sent to a harsher internment camp. On a percentage basis, fewer Japanese Americans in Hawaii were imprisoned than on the mainland, because many were essential to businesses related to the war effort, but the number was still significant and tragic. No Japanese American was accused or even suspected of espionage or sabotage during the war, and in every case Japanese sailors and soldiers who came to the islands by accident or carry out acts of war were immediately turned in by the Japanese Americans they hoped would shelter or assist them. The Honouliuli Internment Camp, Hawaiʻi's largest and longest-operating internment camp, opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. Located near Waipahu on the island of Oʻahu, the site was designated Honouliuli National Monument byPresidential Proclamation on February 19, 2015 by President Barack Obama, himself a native of the Islands. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
