Return to the Valley: the Japanese American Experience After WW II

Return to the Valley: the Japanese American Experience After WW II

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States. Japanese Americans -- California -- History -- 20th century. Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley -- History. Racism -- California -- History -- 20th century. Central Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century. Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History. Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century. California -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

At the conclusion of WW II 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were released after three years of imprisionment in internment camps. Each was given $25 dollars and a train ticket home. For many home was California - the Santa Clara or Salinas Valley or the Central Coast. This documentary tells their stories of struggle, hardship and triumph as they rebuilt their lives.

KTEH Silicon Valley Public Television

2003

DVD RETU

2003.500.037