Looking like the Enemy by Mary Matsuda Grunewald
Looking Like the Enemy, by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, is a very inspirational book about how a family's faith in God and in each other can get them through the toughest of times. Many of the books I have read focus on the battles in the Eastern hemisphere against forces of pure evil, but stories that focus on the home front, and more specifically, the day-to-day battles fought by persecuted Japanese-Americans, are all too hard to come by.
The story focuses on the Matsuda family in the years after December 7, 1941,the fateful day the Japanese navy and air forces attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. Mary, her brother Yoneichi, and her parents, Mr. Heisuke Matsuda and Mrs. Mitsuno Matsuda, were forced to evacuate from Vashon Island, Washington, along with 120,000 other Japanese-Americans across the United States. They went to four different internment camps and relocation centers: Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in Wyoming, Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho, Tule Lake Segregation Center and Pinedale Assembly Center, both located in California. About halfway through the war, Mary joined the United States Cadet Nurses Corps, and Yoneichi joined the United States Army. After Yoneichi was deployed to Europe, things got increasingly hard for the Matsuda family. But, through the grace of God, they got through it.
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The story focuses on the Matsuda family in the years after December 7, 1941,the fateful day the Japanese navy and air forces attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. Mary, her brother Yoneichi, and her parents, Mr. Heisuke Matsuda and Mrs. Mitsuno Matsuda, were forced to evacuate from Vashon Island, Washington, along with 120,000 other Japanese-Americans across the United States. They went to four different internment camps and relocation centers: Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in Wyoming, Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho, Tule Lake Segregation Center and Pinedale Assembly Center, both located in California. About halfway through the war, Mary joined the United States Cadet Nurses Corps, and Yoneichi joined the United States Army. After Yoneichi was deployed to Europe, things got increasingly hard for the Matsuda family. But, through the grace of God, they got through it.
For more information, or to read the book, purchase it by clicking on the link below.