University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 0324
Reno, NV 89557-0324
Phone: 775/784-6932
Fax: 775/784-1365
ohp@unr.nevada.edu
Due to recent budget and staffing cuts, hours may vary. Please call.
(All oral histories are available through the Knowledge Center's Special Collections Department, and some circulate as well.)
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. |
