February 4, 1943 entry Item Info
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February 4 (Thursday)
It rained this afternoon. It is still the beginning of February, but it feels like spring rain. Usual hand craft activities take place indoors on rainy days. I am irritated by the noise and dust they create.
Captain Matunaga made an announcement today to urge us to immediately report if any of us is aware that our correspondence addressed to the Consulate-General of Spain or Washington D.C. administration has not been delivered, and he will negotiate with the camp administration to make sure no such delay will take place. He is saying that, but I double it will work out as he expects it would.
Mr. Tsuboi re-report what he heard on the radio owned by Mr. Kato in the sixth unit to us in the fifth unit every evening these days. Of course he chose to start doing it by himself, but it seems that his report is indispensable as a current news source these days. He also walks around in the camp aimlessly, picking up some news and others, and everyone finds him pretty entertaining. He seems to be pretty different from what he was like when observing his acts and remarks. He is like a child overstating about minute issues or bursts into laughter over boring stories. He does not read or have anything to do at all. He is a good Japanese chess player but has lost interest in it and does not even touch it any more. He seems to be empty-minded, aimlessly walking around among the barracks, whistling some mono-toned tune. It is sad to witness that the environment and situation you are in makes such striking differences even in a grown man.
We had a blackout at night, and I heard soldiers running in front of the fence in the bed after the lights were turned off.
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The internees are always making a big deal over every single tiny incident, saying the lights over there are still on, what are they doing, that is not a blackout, they will send a car rushing over and so on. It is like a nest of frogs full of noises. Internees tend to pay too much attention to other people’s business.
- Title:
- February 4, 1943 entry
- Creator:
- Sakaino, Bunro
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1943-02-04
- Description:
- February 4, 1943, diary entry written by Bunro Sakaino while he was incarcerated at Camp Livingston, near Pineville, Louisiana.
- Subjects:
- concentration camps diaries
- Location:
- Camp Livingston, LA
- 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_7-1943-02-04
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- jpn
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