No-No Boys & Japanese Internment essays

No-No Boys & Japanese Internment essays In 1943 all Japanese American over the age of seventeen held in interment camps were forced to respond to a questionnaire (except those who had already requested repatriation to Japan) intended to separate those loyal from those disloyal to the United States. Two of the most significant and well known questions that appear on this would be the two loyalty questions number 27 and 28. They read: No. 27: Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered? No. 28: Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, to any other foreign government, power or organization? (Note: For female citizens, question 27 was reworded, asking if they were willing to volunteer for the Army Nurse Corps or the Women's Army Corp.) (Iritani) Internees were broken up based on there response to these questions. Japanese Internees who answered no to both questions were nick named as No-No Boys, and were sent to Tule Lake Relocation Camp (A much harsher camp). These two loyalty questions were extremely hard for internees to answer both yes too, and many soon found themselves being sent to the worse camp of all Tule Lake. For instance, question 27 which asks if you would join the U.S. Army seemed ridiculous to many Japanese Americans, because almost none of these internees wanted to fight for a country which had stripped them of their rights and dignity. Additionally, question 28 posed the issue of abandoning your allegiance to the Japanese Emperor. Many Japanese internees felt if they were to do that they would be unwelcome back into Japan, and because they are already unwelcome in America, would consequently have absolutely no place to go ...