Chet and the Prisoners
By jeand
finctionalised story based on read events and diaries, from 1942.
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Preface This is a fictionalized story based on known information of several men wholived in Bismarck, ND during the first half of 1942. They might...
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Toyo Ft Lincoln February 12, 1942 First of all, I must say who I am, and what I am doing in this awful place, called Ft. Lincoln in the frozen north...
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Chet February 20, 1942 This place is something else. I' ve never seen such a bunch of people before acting in such a quiet, organised manner. The...
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4 Toyo February 20, 1942 I am cold almost all the time and have no money to buy warm things. The Germans have organised a store, and we are allowed...
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Feb 28 Chet Since I last wrote, the Japanese have got themselves more organised. They now have a barber shop too, and I was interested to see my...
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February 28 Toyo Some days there is simply nothing much to do, so many of my friends are engaged in a card game called Hanafuda. I do not normally...
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Chet March 1 715 Japs have arrived. I expect there will be another couple days on inoculations coming up soon. So many of the things that these...
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Toyo March 5 I was on KP duty last week when we had the arrival of another group of new internees – and it was my job to wash the rice. First I did...
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Chet March 25 Toyo is all aflutter about how disorganized it will be, when the next bunch of internees come in. We are well over the 1000 bed...
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Chet April 5 Here it is nearly Easter. We don't do anything much special, other than lots of church services. Kathleen doesn't like that much, and I...
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Toyo 3 April Today is pay day and at 10.30 I received compensation for my labors. After lunch I listened to the news. As a replacement for Mr. Wada,...
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Chet April 10 Now on these days when it is getting warmer and the snow is mostly gone, the guys are playing softball on every opportunity they can. I...
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Toyo 13 April The weather outdoors is ideal, and so I spend almost the entire day outside. Toward evening, I stroll outside and watch the Germans...
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Chet April 23 I am getting to enjoy these little talks I have mainly with Karl. He wants to become an American citizen, and I think he will be a good...
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Toya 23 April The AM hours are hours of inactivity. In the afternoon, I play ping-pong. I watch a judo match. 24 April I do some laundering. There is...
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Chet May 1 Toya was so kind as to make me a birthday card, in Japanese writing. Inside was a beautifully painted bookmark with a Haiku on it. One of...
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Chet May 6 Karl was asking more about what our prisoners do. I told him that there is an indoor recreational space available for them to use all year...
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