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Massaki Konatsu: Internment Camps In Orosi, Arizona

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Michael Konatsu 100w 3/1/18 Fact Paper Massaki Konatsu was born in Orosi, California in 1934. He was sent to multiple internment camps in Poston, and Parker Arizona due to President Roosevelt's executive order. He along with his 11 siblings and mom had less than a month to muster up all their belongings to start their new life in Arizona. They stayed in each camp for two years until the war was over. He moved back to Orosi and graduated from Orosi High School in June 1953 and he enlisted in the Airforce as a medic and served four years. He was stationed in Alaska for most his time. After completing his service, he eventually settled in San Jose, California. This paper will be focusing on the life of my grandfather and all the challenges he faced to get where he is today. Prior to being sent to the internment camps, Massaki and his siblings worked hard on their farm in …show more content…

The long train ride was followed by an immediate transfer to Poston, Arizona where he and his family were boarded into military vehicles and shipped to their new home. Poston Internment camp was divided into three different camps; my grandfather was in camp three. Each camp had one school which went from kindergarten to twelfth grade, and a general store which sold cloths and groceries. Each camp was composed of different blocks, each block has fifteen structures which composed of bathrooms, wash rooms, and a mess hall. They also had barracks where they would sleep, each barrack was made from wood and encased with tar paper. All they had inside of the barracks were cots to sleep on and a heating stove. There were also cracks in the barracks and my grandfather often was visited by scorpions, spiders, and rodents. He and his family spent two years at Poston and then relocated to another camp in Gila county,

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