Sierra Internment Camp, Manzanar, Doug Berry
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2024
- Doug Berry of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada visits the Manzanar Internment Camp with his friend Kellie Zuniga of the Mineral County Museum of Hawthorne, Nevada. 10, 000 Japanese Americans, predominantly from greater Los Angeles, CA were confined here starting in 1942 during WWII. Many of their sons fought on the American side as soldiers in the highly courageous and decorated 442nd Infantry Regiment. Many of the people detained there had been farmers in California by trade. At one point the internees of the camp were farming up to 400 acres of crops along with tending orchards and raising chickens and hogs to provide for their nutritional needs. It was cold, it was hot, it was dusty, there was not much privacy....it was a stark, meager, uncomfortable, and humiliating experience.
The mountains are beautiful in the Nevada California area. Thanks so much Doug and Kellie for having us along with you today...✌😊👍
Yes, they are, I knew you all would appreciate the views! Wouldn't mind being in such a nice area as you are my friend.
I never get tired of your sweeping panoramas of our
Wonderful eastern Sierra Crestline!
I respect your presentation
about Manzanar! I believe the harshness of war required harsh decisions.
The Eastern Sierra are so photo worthy I just can't help myself! Thank you Tim; yes everything about war is harsh
Hi Doug 👋 The mountains behind the camp are beautiful. Our visit to Manzanar was a very somber experience. You presented it respectively.
The irony is that the government did to Japanese Americans what Hitler did to the Jewish communities in Germany. Create a fear, so it becomes ok with others to condone imprisonment of an entire culture. 😢 It was a sad time in history for many all over the world.
Yes, so true.
Thank you for bringing attention to the Manzanar Internment Camp. *Whenever, one group of random people is singled out for being of a certain heritage... it speaks for itself.😑😲 You did a great job explaining the situation, Doug, as well as it can be explained... such a tragedy. Much appreciation for the additional info from Kellie, too. I loved seeing that throwback photo of the camp, when it was operational. I am glad some justice was decreed in 1988...
This was really interesting, and a part of our history, at the time. EXCELLENT video, Doug and Kellie... Ahhh, lunch... always a welcome addition. I hope there were 🍪 🍪 🍪, Doug.🌈
Hi Rhonda! Yes, Kellie made some cake type brownie squares...very nutritionally satisfying. Thank you for the positive critic concerning Manzanar, it was a tricky subject to breach and I just gave it my best shot. Our Japanese American soldiers were extremely valiant and brave and worthy of our admiration and respect. Those that had their lives delayed at the camp weathered it with ingenuity and dignity, also worthy of our respect. I put the intro clip in just for YOU with the burros, seeing how you mention there often are no animals around. I will be on the lookout for more critters for you Rhonda!
@@CalNeva *** very well expressed, Doug... I always look forward to your videos. 👏🏻🏞🏜👏🏻
Thank you and Kellie for this it was very informative and interesting..
It was our pleasure Darla!
Really enjoy your videos. I had visited Yosemite and Mono basin many times. Finally did a 395 trip in 2020. My dad used to work at the Tungsten mine and also on some deep tunnel projects. So I was aware of the Bishop area . I live in Sonoma county in the Redwoods on the Russian river. So it gets very wet here. The wine and Marijuana industry prevail here. So in fall and winter I have been going to Tuttle creek BLM to get away from it all. I go to Manzanar several times every trip. The Japanese garden near the Orchards is being restored. I make many new discoveries every visit. I hope to run into you sometime. I enjoy your east sierra hike vids the most. You and Kelly make a good team thanks for your beautiful videos.
Hi Tim, it is interesting to hear about your history in my area of the Eastern Sierra. I am also familiar with your area but have not been there for some time. I hope to run into you sometime too; stop in and say hello to Kellie at the museum in Hawthorne (short drive from 395). Love the redwoods up that way, but like you said it is a wet winter for sure! Thank you for your support and glad to have you along Tim!
The Owl is cool. The shot of the old housing is interesting. Interesting that it was a town before it was an internment camp.
Yes, it was perfect unexpected timing on the owl!
great work from Canada
Thank you Brent!
Hello Doug and Kellie, what beautiful weather along the Eastern Sierra it must’ve been, to see you both wearing short sleeves! To echo the sentiments of another viewer, this video was very informative and interesting! Thank you for bringing attention to this important and not so proud moment in our American history, even though I know this was just a stopover on the way to another destination. This was tastefully done. I believe it’s important to remember our history so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past, and that’s why I’m sure this place is still open for visitors to see. I remember visiting Angel Island near San Francisco in elementary school and the energy I picked up there was equally haunting. I hope you all are doing well. Good to see you out and about! Take care! -G
Hi G! Thank you. Been busy with my home projects lately but getting out often for new adventures. Will be going to the Lone Pine area for a short hike in the Alabama Hills nearby. We should have some snow soon in the Sierra for XC skiing. Give a treat to Pup for us!
@@CalNeva I hope your home renovation projects have been going well! That sounds fun about Lone Pine, I haven’t been to the Alabama Hills but I want to go, maybe in the spring time for my birthday. We’re supposed to get a storm here in the next few days too, and I’m looking forward to more snow. This warm winter weather creeps me out, haha! Lots of love from me and the puppy dog.
@@giannavlogs6009 Thank you G!
Thanks Doug and Kellie so interesting i remember watching farewell to manzanar when it came out and tore out the tv guide that advertised it ive always wanted to stop by there.my dad pulled up to the entrance in the early 80s.thats as far as ive been.Bad day at Blackrock. Great movie.i saw mentioned in the comments
As always, that is all so interesting to me Casey.
Hello Brother Doug and Kellie! A great video this is, I've been there many times. A very thought provoking place to be sure. Back in 1972- 73, I worked for a Japanese American farmer in the Newcastle Ca. area. Probably the best boss I ever had. He would tell me stories of the war era, some serious injustices suffered for sure. His father had owned many acres before the war, but everything was lost when the family was taken away to the camps. The property was divided up to the surrounding farmers "for safekeeping ". Over the following years he had to buy back his family's own land piece by piece. I don't think he ever did get it all back. Can you imagine having to buy back your own home and land? That was l think was the worst injustice of all. Did you ever see the movie "Bad Day at Black Rock"? Pretty interesting stuff. 🇺🇸
Hi my Brother! It is hard to find a good boss when you are farming or ranching. That was a good memory for you knowing you were able to work with someone who treated you fairly. Certainly, the Japanese aggression was far reaching and brutal and had to be stopped....but those farmers were loyal Americans, not Japanese combatants. That was unjust about losing his property; I would define that as theft. I have not seen that film, but if you recommend it, it must be worth a watch. Hope you and your wife are doing well; tell her I said hello! We are heading over for a short hike to the Alabama Hills next....no snow in Sierra for XC skiing yet this year. Been working on my grape arbor one post at a time; lots of rocks, concrete and sweat...the usual drill for those kinds of projects. But think of all the summer shade!🇺🇸🍇
@@CalNeva Well said my Brother. And I think you will really enjoy the Bad Day movie, it's a western of sorts, but not what you might think by the title.
I don't want to give it away but it was a story ahead of it's time! Also, it was made in Owens Valley and the Alabama hills!
Gloria says hi 👋 and be sure to tell Kellie hello from us. 🇺🇸
@@Brother_D_therail Will do my friends Dick and Gloria, take care!
Great movie to watch bad day at blackrock and farewell to manzanar
Thanks
Really enjoy how you film driving down the road with the mountains looming so close, such a beautiful place. Didnt settlers have to cross over the Sierras to get to California back in the early 1800s?💕 I heard about the Japanese American detention camps, but never seen what the place looks like now.
Hi Marie, hope you are enjoying beautiful Florida! Yes, the settlers had to cross the Sierra on their way to California. Today, the migration is out of California, so people are using the Interstate highways of course. It is an historic migration just like in the Gold Rush days. Crazy stuff for sure!
@@CalNeva Hello Doug, thank you for your reply. I still think California is beautiful. I have lived long enough to know what is trending now will be forgotten tomorrow. If I had a comfortable home in California, I would not give it up for any current situation. 💕🙏
Was that a Raven flying off from tower 8 Doug? Don't mean to go off topic on something as somber as the camp but I was just curious. Good video and interesting subject many are unaware of. I like you can see both sides of things.
Hi Ricky! Yes it was a raven flying by Tower 8. Nevada and the Eastern Sierra of California have plenty of ravens; they are so smart and adaptable. I can tell you are a deep thinker, so not surprised you consider both sides of the story. I think this has been my first somber video; but it is part of the region so decided to cover it.
Thanks. Difficult times TBS. It is hard to defend Japanese loss of property and of Civil rights. But compared to What (?) circumstances, if not isolated. A point not heard discussed: What about the US citizen Japanese own security and safety, if allowed to remain status quo? Could even more discrimination, mayhem have been the outcome?
Good point Steven; I had not considered that. As if it was for their own safety; tempers and emotions were high here at home after losing so many sons at Pearl Harbor, Tarawa, Iwo Jima... We are going to do a little boulder scrambling next...nothing too extreme...no snow for XC skiing.
@@CalNeva Ya got to Do whatcha gotta do.sometimes, no distractions, the world being what it IS sometimes. It was survival then too., unfair as it seems to us these days. Enjoy.
Security- not one Japanese American was ever accused of any crime.
442nd Japanese American Army unit was The Most Decorated Unit in WWII..
So true, the facts speak for themselves.
Have you ever seen a UFO ? All things with standings?
Yes, but if I spoke about it I would be cancelled