http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Mon, 21 Nov 2025 21:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-87672 Marcus Fri, 18 Nov 2025 00:45:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-87672 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..... 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…..

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-83773 Leafar Thu, 20 Oct 2025 05:36:59 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-83773 You know, there are probably a <i>lot</i> 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. 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.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-80973 Marcus Cogworks Tue, 11 Oct 2025 09:02:10 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-80973 No smiles in Europe... No smiles in Europe…

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-77520 Terry J Mon, 03 Oct 2025 15:31:00 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-77520 If only American and Canadian Indians were treated so well. If only American and Canadian Indians were treated so well.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-76209 Robin Hull Sun, 02 Oct 2025 15:26:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-76209 I was there a couple of weeks ago. It felt lonely. I was there a couple of weeks ago. It felt lonely.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/ansel-adamss-suffering-under-a-great-injustice-1943/#comment-69090 older phart Sun, 25 Sep 2025 20:04:05 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24867#comment-69090 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 ******* 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 *******

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