Historical Fiction

Chet and the Prisoners - 13

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...

Chet and the Prisoners - 12

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...

Chet and the Prisoners - 11

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,...

Chet and the Prisoners - 10

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...

The Tragedy Of Northpass

The Tragedy Of Northpass It was a cold February morning, the sky was ominously gray, snow fell from the growing clouds onto the branches of the many...

Chet and the Prisoners - 9

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...
Cherry

Chet and the Prisoners - 8

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...

Chet and the Prisoners - 7

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...

Chet and the Prisoners - 6

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...

Chet and the Prisoners - 5

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...