Letters from Young Internees

[Charles]

The Clara Breed Collection at the Japanese American National Museum:
Letters from the WWII era Japanese Internment Camps



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[Samurai_Jerk]

They lived in barrack-like conditions, standing in long lines for little food, eating off tin pie plates in big mess halls. They were fed government commodity foods and castoff meat from Army surplus — hot dogs, ketchup, kidneys, Spam and potatoes. The Japanese diet and family table were erased.

Weenie Royale: Food and the Japanese Internment