University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 324
Reno, NV 89557-0099
775/784-6932
Fax: 775/784-1365
E-mail: ohp@unr.nevada.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Room 109 of the Mack Social Science Building on the University of Nevada, Reno campus
Japanese-American Experience During World War II, the experiences of Japanese-Americans in Nevada were different from their Italian-American or German-American counterparts, and the government singled them out for more severe restrictions. Not all Japanese Americans in Nevada were sent to internment camps, but those that were had to give up their homes, possessions, and businesses because the government feared that they would support Japan during the war. Those Japanese Americans not sent to internment camps had restrictions placed on their movements and where they could live, and in some cases their bank accounts were frozen. In certain locales they could not live near railroads nor work for them, and many Japanese Americans also faced discrimination from the community at large. These experiences, however, did not deter some Japanese-American men from serving with distinction in the U.S. military during the war. |
