1. Japanese Internment
... theatrical performances, and probably the biggest event sports (Camp Harmony Exhibit---Play 1). Howard Reich, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune wrote an article about Camp Harmony at Washington State Fair Grounds in Puyallup, Washington and how camp survivors listened to swing music to get by. Many of the internees turned to the jazz tunes of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Art Shaw. ... confined persons (1). Sports were a major way of the camp's residents diverted reality to something more bearable. Japanese Americans, many of whom were young adults, enjoyed friendly games of sumo, v...
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