Apr. 18, 1944
Tomibe is very human. When he heard the children call the dog Tojo, he says they can call the dog Roosevelt!
Camp Holmes
Apr. 14, 1944
Special Section on Bill, Gene, and Jim in jail. Bill was strung up by his thumbs four times in four hours. They tied his hands behind… Read More »Apr. 14, 1944
Feb. 14, 1944
Damn the enemy. Even Germany permits bags and letters from home. I don’t want these officers killed, I want them isolated and incommunicado in a… Read More »Feb. 14, 1944
Jan. 10, 1944
Yesterday the four military police left and were replaced by fourteen regular army. In town also the military police have gone, the army is in… Read More »Jan. 10, 1944
Jan. 7, 1944
There are many infections now—thumbs, feet, boils in many areas. Lack of some vitamins is causing trouble with vision for a few who cannot see… Read More »Jan. 7, 1944
Jan. 5, 1944
Nida [The Crouters’ former cook] sent us bananas, a pomolo, cigarettes, red radishes, and four baskets of big red strawberries, which we hulled and washed… Read More »Jan. 5, 1944
Jan. 1, 1944
It still burns me up that we have no letters, no message of any kind from America as we enter the third year of confinement.… Read More »Jan. 1, 1944
Dec. 25, 1943
Like spiders crawling in every direction from the center of a web, all of the 450 internees were coming from the bodega with carts, sacks, poles, ropes—anything… Read More »Dec. 25, 1943
Sept. 25, 1943
There were five or six parties, one of about fifty guests for a husband’s birthday. A guard with his nose pressed against the wire watched… Read More »Sept. 25, 1943