Returning home

When the camps closed, Japanese Americans were handed $25 and put on trains headed for the places they had been forcibly removed from nearly four years earlier. Harassment was common -- many returning Japanese Americans were greeted with signs reading "No Japs Allowed." Other discovered their property had been vandalized or stolen. Homes and businesses that had been boarded up or left in the care of others were abandoned and stripped of furnishings and goods. For the majority, who did not have homes to return to, housing was the most serious problem. Housing discrimination was severe in many areas and persisted to varying degrees until the civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Former camp inmates with no other options moved into hostels and converted community institutions with conditions not much better than the camps they had just left. Although this period was stressful, it is remembered as a time when people came together to share what they had.

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Mika Hiuga Interview Segment 22 (ddr-one-7-37-22)
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Encountering discrimination after returning home after the war

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Alice Matsumoto Ando Interview Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-73-7)
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Returning home and opening a new hotel

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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-149-19)
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Returning to San Francisco and witnessing changes in the Japantown area
George Azumano Interview Segment 21 (ddr-one-7-32-21)
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Returning to Portland

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Mary Suzuki Ichino Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-52-19)
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Seeing Little Tokyo for the first time after the war: "it was so devastating"
Marion I. Masada Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-155-22)
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Leaving camp and hearing that Japanese Americans were not welcome to return to hometown
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-153-24)
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Returning to California to raise a family, facing discrimination
Mas Hashimoto Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1015-7-27)
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Mixed reactions from community members upon return of Japanese Americans
Shig Yabu Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1011-10-10)
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Leaving camp and returning to California

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Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-463-5)
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Returning to California after the war where father taught judo
Alan Nishio Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-450-2)
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Distant relationship with father while helping with gardening route
Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-7-9)
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Thoughts on hardships faced by Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast after the war
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