Farewell to manzanar

Farewell to Manzanar

  • Jeanne turns seven

    On part 1, page 3, paragraph 1, it states that on the first weekend of December, 1941, that Jeanne had just turned seven.
  • Pearl Harbor was bombed

    Pearl Harbor was bombed
    On page XIV it syas that Pearl Harbor was bombed
  • Papa was taken away

  • The Wakatsuki Family (minus the father) is given 48 hours to clear out of Terminal Island

    On Febuary 25, it is stated that the Wakatskuis had to clear out on part one, page 13, paragraph 1.
  • Jeanne's family is sent to Manzanar

    Jeanne's family is sent to Manzanar
  • Mitsue Endo was evacuated from Manzanar

    Pg.126
  • Manzanar becomes the largest city in between Reno and Los Angeles

    Manzanar becomes the largest city in between Reno and Los Angeles
  • Papa returns home

    Papa returns home
    Paop returned to Manzanar after being gone for nine monthshe looked like he aged 10 years. This was stated on page 46, paragraph 1, part 1.
  • Gordon violated the army's curfew

    Pg.125
  • Jeanne's father arrives in Manzanar

  • A riot broke out with a big mob

  • Fred Tayama, a leader of a Japanese American Citizens League, was badly wounded

  • The western defense command announces that the camps would be closing in 12 months

  • The government announces its plan to create an all Nisei combat regiment

  • Shig and his wife were relocated

  • They moved to a different part of Manzanar (to block 28, near pear trees)

    They moved to a different part of Manzanar (to block 28, near pear trees)
  • The government decided that Nisei should be eligible for Selective Services

  • Nisei are eligible for selective service

  • Our World was commemorated

  • Woody was drafted

  • Only 6,000 people remained at the camp

  • A few internees were trying to recover former homes

  • Everyone is sick, like the time in 1942

  • Jeanne's sister and her husband were escorted to the Southern Pacific Depot

  • Hiroshima was bombed

    Hiroshima was bombed
  • Only 2000 people remained

  • A worm (virus) was being spread around in meat that was hung to dry

    A worm (virus) was being spread around in meat that was hung to dry
  • Jeanne meets a Caucasian woman that is a photographer at Manzanar

    Jeanne meets a Caucasian woman that is a photographer at Manzanar
  • Farewell to Manzanar was written

    Farewell to Manzanar was written
  • Jeanne takes her family to Manzanar