Comments on: ‘Suffering under a Great Injustice’, 1943, by Ansel Adams

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 18 Nov 2024 00:45:25 +0000

Wow….Great set of photos of Manzanar…. Very different looking from when I was a kid fishing the streams of the Eastern Sierra. Both of my neighbors were in their teens at internment centers. One in Eastern Washington and the other at Manazanar. I think the injustice that the internees felt was not so much of being moved to these centers as it was in loosing their businesses and livlihoods. I know that many of them understood the situation and took it as a patriotic duty. In turn many of the young men volunteered for military duty and made up some of the fiercest units to be deployed. They were of course only deployed to Europe and proved to be the most decorated units of the war…I imagine because of a multitude of motivations…..

By: Leafar

Leafar — Thu, 20 Oct 2024 05:36:59 +0000

You know, there are probably a lot of Americans today who wouldn’t mind “suffering under a great injustice” like this. Our evil government housed, fed, clothed, and trained detainees for a variety of skills while educating their children. Prisoners were free to entertain, worship, work, exercise, publish, gather, plan, create, purchase, barter, and communicate with each other. Where can we sign up for such assistance today? The irony in the title that Ansel Adams gave this series speaks volumes.

By: Marcus Cogworks

Marcus Cogworks — Tue, 11 Oct 2024 09:02:10 +0000

No smiles in Europe…

By: Terry J

Terry J — Mon, 03 Oct 2024 15:31:00 +0000

If only American and Canadian Indians were treated so well.

By: Robin Hull

Robin Hull — Sun, 02 Oct 2024 15:26:06 +0000

I was there a couple of weeks ago. It felt lonely.

By: older phart

older phart — Sun, 25 Sep 2024 20:04:05 +0000

Eric,m it i too bad ;that you do not have the opportunity to chat with your grandpa Fred, but you can chat with me, your grand uncle. I too was old enough to know what was going on and why regarding the actions of our goverment in 1943. What was the country of origin that sunk most of our naval fleet and many lives were lost. This went on by way, while Japanese ambassadors were in the White House with President Roosevelt talking of peaceful activities. What would be in your mind to immediately protect your population and country ? and so on *******