O que Pearl Harbor fez
What Pearl Harbor Wrought é um romance episódico escrito por Akio Konoshima, um Issei que foi internado em Heart Mountain durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. As histórias contidas são baseadas nas observações do autor tiradas de sua juventude na Califórnia, do tempo que passou em Heart Mountain e de seus anos de serviço no Exército dos Estados Unidos. O Descubra Nikkei publicará alguns capítulos selecionados desta obra, começando com “Flo”, a história de uma jovem apaixonada e os efeitos da guerra em sua família. Aguarde ansiosamente por “A Soldier is a Soldier” e pelo epílogo do romance nas próximas semanas. Konoshima espera que as suas palavras ajudem a “dar aos seus filhos e netos uma noção da sua herança”.
Stories from this series
Flo - Part 3
13 de Setembro de 2010 • Akio Konoshima
It was not until the initial block meeting was ending that Jo noticed Flo and Hideo at one of the front tables, talking to Flo's two brothers and people Jo didn't recognize. Jo could not hear what they were saying, but he could see the shaking of heads and animated hand gestures. More block meetings, again often late into the night, followed. Though Jo had made up his own mind, the turmoil among his friends continued as they agonized over …
Flo - Part 2
6 de Setembro de 2010 • Akio Konoshima
The winter of 1942-43 at Heart Mountain was severe, or maybe all winters there were that severe. At 20 degrees or so below zero moisture would freeze on the hair in Jo’s nostrils when he breathed in. That Christmas brought the first deep snow—about a foot—that Jo was to experience. If anything, though, the winter harshness seemed to have made the romance between Flo and her boy friend that much cozier. Jo noticed, for instance, that while walking outside in …
Flo - Part 1
30 de Agosto de 2010 • Akio Konoshima
January 29, 1943: A War Department press release announces the registration program for both recruitment for military service and leave clearance. February 6, 1943: Army teams were scheduled to visit the 10-WRA administered camps…to register all male nisei of draft age. Each had to complete a special questionnaire, designed to test their “loyalty” and willingness to serve in the armed forces. Had things gone as they normally would have (if anything about camp living could be called normal) Flo probably …
