Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain Topaz Illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner

Illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner

Miné holds a suitcase as she bends over covering her face with her proper right arm as her brother

Foreword by Ruth Ozeki

Chibi Tomoe

with surface protecting felt bottom

Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain Topaz Illustrated by Traci Van WagonerBy Joanne Oppenheim and Nancy Matsumoto. This collection tells the story of an often overlooked and shameful chapter in our countrys history. In 1941, when Japan attacked the United States, all those of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coasttwo thirds of them American born citizensbecame the enemy overnight. Their only crime was looking like the enemy. In a matter of months over 120,000 of them were imprisoned in ten U. S. government prison camps