Happy Weekend!
Hawaii must have been a strange place to be during WWII. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Asian Americans were looked on with suspicion — and in Feen’s neighborhood, her Japanese American classmate was ostracized, while many others were driven from their homes, stripped of their property, and interned in ill-equipped camps. Despite the rampant prejudice against Asian Americans at the time, this woman joined the Women’s Army Corps. Jama Rattigan has graciously shared a picture of her mother, the former Private Margaret Yang, who put on her duds and ignored the suspicious looks and did her job.
Pretty amazing stuff, in spite of everything.
Stay tuned for more MARE’S WAR themed giveaways Monday and Tuesday.