Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Grace Oshita

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OHI Grace Oshita 5-30-85 sl:l4 also mentioned something about fue governor-- the Emperor, .• LK And 28 asks if evacuee would foreswear allegiance to the Japanese Emperor and the Japanese nation. So those are the two questions. GO Yes. And so oh, it became a very grave issue for many people. NOw, families like us being women, we also had decided to answer yes on both counts whether it woul dbe my grandmother who was a non-citizen, or my mother and I. Or course, we wouldhave answered yes anyway. Ah, but in our minds, you have to remember themost important thing was to get my fatherout of thetther camp-released. That was themst important thing in our lives at the time. And to become one family. Again. To gether. And, we didn't want to do anything to prevent his ··being released. Ah, that wasn't the reason for our answering, yes to those questions, rut it was formy grandmother. Of course, by that time, my father really had his hearing and the verdict was imprison for the duration of the war. LK That ~s the verdict. GO Yes. So even then, my mother didn't quit trying. She wrote to her friends for affidavits for loyalty, thathe hadn't done anything-you know, from his caucasian friends. She kept asking for these affidavits and my Bad's friends did accomodate himl They did write recommendations for release but ------. Eventually, he was paroled. To Topaz, but it wasn't - it wasn't until the end of 1943. LK So almost 2 years after you got to Topaz.