After the Allies won WWII, the prison camps were shut down. This final chapter describes the process of leaving camp, and how many former prisoners found themselves unwelcome in their home communities. This chapter features stories of people who flourished in post-war America, and those whose lives were destroyed by Order 9066. It also explores the issues of whether families talk about the experience over generations – or choose silence. Listeners will also hear about the long struggle by Japanese Americans to secure redress for the hardship and losses produced by incarceration, and how the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 granted wartime survivors a public apology, individual reparations, and a public education fund. As camp museums and visitor centers are built, and pilgrimages taken, the enduring legacy of the incarceration is considered.
APM Reports Order 9066 Chapter 3
