May 2, 1942 entry Item Info
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May 2 (Saturday) Inspection was conducted in the morning. According to the report issued yesterday, we need to be respectful toward the officers. We were ordered to line up in front of our tents and were waiting for the officers to show up.
Wind started to pick up again in the afternoon. We are so fed up with sand storms.
First delivery of the items we purchased was made. Payments are to be debited from our money held by the authorities.
We have been engaged in some sort of tasks by the rules in the camp ever since we were interned in this camp. It is a pity to have more than ten elders in their fifties digging trenches and transporting hay under the watch of the armed guards in scorching heat. According to the report in the evening, the result of the general inspection conducted today was acceptable. Although, mowing, or rather weeding by hands around the tents is not something I am willing to do. We requested equipment but were told to do to manually as they do not possess any equipment for the task.
- Title:
- May 2, 1942 entry
- Creator:
- Sakaino, Bunro
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1942-05-02
- Description:
- May 2, 1942, diary entry written by Bunro Sakaino while he was incarcerated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
- Subjects:
- concentration camps diaries
- Location:
- Fort Sill, OK
- Source:
- MG 387, George Shihei Shitamae papers, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library
- Translator:
- transcribed and translated by Naoko Tanabe, 2024-25, from Denso densho.org
- Source Identifier:
- mg387_1_7-1942-05-02
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- jpn
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