Kanesaburo Oshima

Death by Force

Mr. Kanesaburo Oshima, a 58-year-old Japanese immigrant and father of eleven from Hawaii, was a shopkeeper and businessman in Kealakekua. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was one of many Japanese community leaders and individuals identified by the FBI as a potential threat and was arrested on December 7, 1941. He was initially detained at the Kilauea Military Camp on the island of Hawai'i, then moved to the Sand Island Detention camp on O'ahu, before being transferred to the mainland. Hi ...Read More

THE BITTER SOUTHERNER: Forgotten Camps, Living History — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

https://www.inquirer.com: This Army base interned Japanese during WWII. Now it’ll be a concentration camp for migrant kids. This needs to stop | Will Bunch

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