Tule Lake Internment Camp Essay
Period 2
Honouliuli Internment Camp vs. Tule Lake Internment Camp
Located in Honouliuli Gulch near Kunia and surrounded by fields of sugar cane lived Japanese Americans and prisoners-of-war (POW) at one of the internment camps mandated by Executive Order 9066. Tule Lake Internment Camp located thousands of miles away in the drylands of California also held Japanese Americans and POW’s. However, the experiences of the internees greatly differed. Life at Honouliuli Internment Camp was dull for the three thousand detainees and four thousand POW’s that occupied the camp. No more than three hundred guards watched over the inmates along with eight watch towers and an eight foot high barbed wire surrounding the camp grounds. Other than …show more content…
The camp also served as the only internment center ruled under martial law and occupied by the Army. “Squalid housing and sanitation, unsafe working conditions, and inadequate food and medical care at the Tule Lake Segregation Center led to increasing dissatisfaction.” (Tule Lake Committee) Completely opposite of the Tule Lake Segregation Center, Honouliuli Internment Camp included a medical dispensary, dental clinic, tailor shop, mess hall and a post exchange that offered tobacco, soft drinks and snacks. “Swedish Vice Consul Gustaf Olson, who inspected Honouliuli on at least three occasions, noted that kitchens were equipped with modern ranges and that food supplies were of the ‘best quality.’” (Department of Interior) The inmates also participated in activities like wood carving, letter writing, vegetable gardening, camp chores, and family visits. At Tule Lake Segregation Center inmates were forced to work under unhealthy conditions and the officials had no consideration for the idea of “family.” Many protests began in the Tule Lake Segregation Center that resulted in severe punishments. At the Honouliuli Internment Camp, citizen inmates were separated by Japanese
Honouliuli Internment Camp vs. Tule Lake Internment Camp
Located in Honouliuli Gulch near Kunia and surrounded by fields of sugar cane lived Japanese Americans and prisoners-of-war (POW) at one of the internment camps mandated by Executive Order 9066. Tule Lake Internment Camp located thousands of miles away in the drylands of California also held Japanese Americans and POW’s. However, the experiences of the internees greatly differed. Life at Honouliuli Internment Camp was dull for the three thousand detainees and four thousand POW’s that occupied the camp. No more than three hundred guards watched over the inmates along with eight watch towers and an eight foot high barbed wire surrounding the camp grounds. Other than …show more content…
The camp also served as the only internment center ruled under martial law and occupied by the Army. “Squalid housing and sanitation, unsafe working conditions, and inadequate food and medical care at the Tule Lake Segregation Center led to increasing dissatisfaction.” (Tule Lake Committee) Completely opposite of the Tule Lake Segregation Center, Honouliuli Internment Camp included a medical dispensary, dental clinic, tailor shop, mess hall and a post exchange that offered tobacco, soft drinks and snacks. “Swedish Vice Consul Gustaf Olson, who inspected Honouliuli on at least three occasions, noted that kitchens were equipped with modern ranges and that food supplies were of the ‘best quality.’” (Department of Interior) The inmates also participated in activities like wood carving, letter writing, vegetable gardening, camp chores, and family visits. At Tule Lake Segregation Center inmates were forced to work under unhealthy conditions and the officials had no consideration for the idea of “family.” Many protests began in the Tule Lake Segregation Center that resulted in severe punishments. At the Honouliuli Internment Camp, citizen inmates were separated by Japanese