Thanks for watching! Please be mindful that I tried my best to get the most accurate facts as I could but unfortunately there is lots of varying information out there. Most of what I said comes directly from the signs at the site. Regardless, the fundamental history of this place remains the same. Just a message for any future "Know-it-alls" Have a wonderful day!

This is one of the most underrated history channels on KZfaq

I had heard of the internment camps during WWII but had no idea that any buildings were still standing. Thank you for sharing with us.

My grandfather was a Bataan survivor and lived to be 90, so I've always been fascinated with WWII. This was really unfortunate. Thanks for sharing.

There are zillions of videos on KZfaq. However the ones you make are exceptional. Such a wide variety of topics and locales you cover. I agree with another viewer. For anyone homeschooling kids. Your videos should be part of their studies. I try to watch as many of your videos as I can, and enjoy every one of them.

The Japanese Canadian were also rounded up and placed in camps for fear that Japan or the Japanese Canadians would attack Canada.

What I love so much about your channel is that you have fun videos of nostalgia like the Blockbuster throwback, but then you also have sobering videos like this one. Thank you. You provide so much education that sparks a thirst for knowledge and adventure. I hope you never stop making videos for us!

more facts: Preventing espionage on American shores was a priority. Canada soon followed suit, relocating 21,000 of its Japanese residents from its west coast. Mexico enacted its own version, and eventually 2,264 more people of Japanese descent were removed from Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina to the United States. War is hell.....

What came out from these camps is a group of Japanese American veterans knows as 442rct.. part of the 100th battalion aka Purple Heart battalion. Most decorated unit in American history.

I suspect you will find your way to making documentaries for History Channel or Travel Channel in the near future. Keep moving forward. You're doing great.

I remember hearing about this. But at one point as I got older which shocked me. Also there were also Prison camps for German soldiers in America. My dad was a Guard in one in Kentucky.

My mom remembers this as a child and just how very hurt she was that their own country would do this to its own citizens.

Thanks for sharing your video. You are keeping history alive.

I had a friend whose grandmother and father were in a Colorado camp. They said it sucked, but they also pointed out that many Americans were terrified of the Imperial Japanese... They understood, never liked it, but they understood. They also said that the guards were mostly good people and didn't like it either... They seemed most interested in making sure I understood that it was the times, not the people.

They were also housed in a camp in Crystal City, Texas. My wifes 94 year old Grandmother told me how her mother worked at the camp & allowed her to play baseball & other games with the prisoners.

Thank you so so so so much for making and posting this video. My grandfather was imprisoned st Minidoka. He rarely spoke about his experience but being able to see this place gives me a glimpse into what his time in the camp was like. We cannot forget that this is a part of our country’s history-thank you for sharing this. ❤️

I'm addicted, I've been binge watching your channel. I'm learning more of history than I ever did. You're like a Josh Gates of forgotten history you need your own TV series.

What a testament to the spirit of these Americans that they were able to rise above the adversity and hatred directed at them and build a community. Had no idea any of this still remained after all the decades that have passed. Thank you for sharing so much of their history and being able to see what remains. More importantly there is on-going restoration to help prevent their story from being relegated to the history books.

Hi, I actually didn't know about this camp either so thank you for sharing it with us. x

I drive truck & have been to or through Jerome, ID many times & NEVER knew this place existed! I would love to visit this place now! THANKS! Keep these videos coming! 👍👍👍

Great job Chris, I knew a little about those camps but never knew all that you showed in your video. Keep up the good work !

thank you for what you do brother and thank you for sharing with us who may never see these things, your efforts and travels are greatly appreciated, thank you so much!

A dark and unfortunate part of American history.

Should be taught in school. Least we forget and repeat . Good video

I love your videos. It’s nice to watch somebody who takes their time to research the history of the places they visit.

I visited Minidoka years ago (mid 2000s) and the only things I remember that were there were the guard station and waiting room, along with a memorial for those that chose to fight in the war. I'm happy to see that there's restoration plans and more stuff there. My grandma was sent to Minidoka, and when I was taking pictures of the memorial stone my mom noticed that one of the names on the stone was my great-aunt's brother, who fought in the war and died in battle in Italy. Thanks for this awesome video, I might have to revisit this place sometime to see all the stuff I missed.

Thank you for an amazing historical tour of Minidoka. I have been to Manzanar in Central Calif and was deeply touched by it and the "interpretive" center with recordings and pictures of the residents. Am taking a road trip this summer and definitely plan on going to Minidoka. Thank you again. "Lest we forget".

Thank you for this video. I know several people who were relocated to the camps. My mother and her family were in Hawaii so they weren't relocated, only people from the West Coast. Unfortunately for many who were relocated, they lost their farms and had nothing to return to at the end of the war. We did a workshop for the Japanese American Youth of the Midwest back in the late 70's. We had people speak and provide personal stories of their camp because the majority of the kids had never heard anything about the camps

Great video and thanks. My family was interned in Benton, Arkansas. Many were afraid to leave when the war ended because of rumors of lynchings.

Just found your channel the other day I really like how you interpret things and your videos aren't too long and you actually are understandable.. .. thank you keep up the good work

Another great job. Thanks for all you do!

This is what happens when we let fear dictate our policies. The concentration camp outside of Tulelake is about 45 mins from me. This is very much local history.

Thank you for this video! I was raised in southern Idaho and was in Jerome many times, but I didn't know about this camp.

I had never heard of this camp. It's very sad how their living conditions were. Planting is an extremely hard job Then sometimes you have many crops to eat and other times there is not enough. I'm sure many of them landed up with PTSD Depression and other Illness. I hope no one ever has to go through what so many did at the time It's very very sad. Thanks for sharing! I love your videos I'm still learning! It's never too late!

This is my favorite notification on you tube to get, thanks for making interesting and fun videos.

I didn’t learn about these camps in school. It wasn’t until maybe 5 years ago that I read about them. How terrifying for these people!

ur doing a great job , the research , before & after pics make u a stand out in this field of work , thankyou !

Good stuff, it is amazing to stand somewhere and know there is so much history there. Yet to relize that there is much more history that was lost and we will never know about.. thank you

Wow!! I didn’t know about this at all. It’s really fascinating! Finally KZfaq comes thru!

Thank you for sharing, I heard little about it. And watching footage gives you more understanding. How and What they been through. Blessing

I love your channel and others like it. Finding all kinds of new places to visit. Awesome work as always

Excellent video. This is forgotten history. Thank you!

Thanks again for another wonderful and informative video. I just love you sense of "wanderlust". I travel vicariously through you. Thanks again for your quality videos.

I have the privilege of exploring Manzanar, another camp like this near Bishop, Ca. It is a National Park now and they are rebuilding many of the structures as well as restoring the Japanese gardens throughout. Truly a unique place. Also, great channel, I just discovered you and am enjoying every video I watch.

Yes, I knew about it. Thank you for bringing it to all of us.

Remember this anytime someone says you shouldn't be allowed to own a gun or certain guns or that you shouldn't be allowed to say certain things.

Wow i had no idea. Thanks for bringing this video to us. So very interesting and a bit sad also.

Excellent video, Chris. I am so glad I found your channels.

Wow! That was powerful. I knew about camps for the American/Japanese, BUT that was all. A good lesson to be learned, take a bad situation and make the most of it. This was an amazing video, thank you so much for sharing!

Amazing video. The amount of research and effort you put into it, and the unusual places you visit is truly amazing!

As you said many people didn't even know about this, I for one didn't know so thank you for the history lesson.

I hit the "like" button, because it is a good video, but I wish there was a "sad" button.

That info you posted at the end of your video is crazy. That the US wouldn't let the families of men who died for their country attend their KIA family members' funeral is unfathomable.

It’s amazing what people will do to one another when they’re scared!

I had no idea about this..... Thanks for posting!!!!!

Thanks so much for posting this video! As a 4th generation Japanese American, not enough is said & taught about the camps of 1942. My grandfather, his parents, & siblings were internees of Minidoka, and these were the most difficult times of his life. He'll be 98 soon, and it's still hard for him to talk about internment to this day.

a truly sad time in history..then and now..Thanx for covering this

Wonderful documentary. Thank you

During World War II, the US government incarcerated more than 100,000 American people of Japanese ancestry in internment camps. One of the victims was a five-year-old George Takei, who would later become one of the most recognized Japanese-American actors in history. Takei and his family subsisted in an internment camp in Arkansas until he was eight years old. The Takeis lost everything. When their imprisonment ended, they received "a one-way ticket to wherever in the United States [they] wanted to go to, plus $20.”

In Good Hope Illinois, there are a series of rentals coming into town that are rumoured to be relocated internment camp houses. And now that I've seen this, the resemblance really is uncanny.

I would like to point out that the US Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was a segregated unit that consisted of Japanese American Soldiers, was the most decorated US military unit of World War 2. And is still the most decorated unit to this day.

One of the top channels on youtube. Great info and visual on this time in our history. It amazes me how our society don't know many things about out country's history or either they just carefree. Thanks to the good ole internet the closets are opening. Thanks again and keep it up.

And the fact that they managed to make a community for themselves to get through is no less than incredible. I wonder what happened to all those people when they were forced to leave at the end of the war. Their homes, jobs and/or businesses long gone. Where did their money come from, where did they go and how did they survive. Would be interesting to have a follow up video. My dad was a WW2 vet who served overseas. He was shot in the leg, and taken prisoner by the Germans for 9 months before being liberated. All things WW2 fascinate me. Thanks for the videos. New subscriber here who thinks you do a really great job. Your care, respect, research and knowledge in the subjects you do is quite impressive. Keep up the good work! ✌️

When I traveled to Japan in 2014, one of the things that astonished me is how the Japanese people never talk about or acknowledge anything that happened during WWII. They choose to forget, rather than remember what they call “ The Dark Time”.

Hello from England. I came across your channel the other day. Great videos. Very interesting

Thanks, Chris!

I read down through several comments looking to see if this had already been asked. Did you run across a cemetery while you were there?

Because of this video, I was able to stop here on my way home from vacation. I had no idea it was so close to where I live. I was in tears by the time I got to the fire station. Thank you so much for bringing this place to my attention.

Not one video I've watched that you have done I haven't found interesting. Great content my friend keep it up.

Love your fantastic channel young man!.

Thank you as always Chris, History Geography with nothing forgotten.

As a kid I went to a grade school that had a teacher who was in one of the camps. In middle school a classmates dad was in a camp. When he came to share his memories he was an officer in the Navy..

Super interesting. I've met 3 WW2 veterans, and one of them survived Pearl Harbor

Hey Chris. This is one very good and informative vid. Thanks. I knew about the internment's, but never saw where they were or what's left. J

Nice one! Thanks for sharing!

Great piece. Very sad time in our history. Thank you

You forgot Washington State. We turned our internment camp into the state fair grounds but they dont really teach that or advertise that to visitors. This dark time also screwed over a part of our economy. The Japanese on Bainbridge and Vashon island were strawberry farmers of some rare varieties and when imprisoned their farms went into ruin.

There are a couple of these in Canada too, especially in the mountains. It’s weird to be walking in the Rockies looking at the beauty and then seeing these Japanese internment camps. There are also some from ww1 for German, Austrian and Hungarians

Very informative, well filmed!

Every video at this channel is remarkable, best of luck

Thanks for the video. I never knew about that. Very interesting.

Every time I watch your videos I think to myself ... I wonder how many home schooled kids are watching your videos? I wish a teacher in public schools would pick it up but I can't see that happening. I still hold out hope. I thank you for the pictures and the education ... I pray your channel grows by leaps and bounds. Be safe.

A good number of the Japanese interned, were born and raised in the US. They had never been to Japan. Their homes, belongings and businesses were taken by the Govt. Many never got all this back again, when the War ended. Yet a number had family members serving in the US Military. Another point that was made, concerning how this was all handled. The US was at war with Japan, Germany and Italy. Millions of German and Italian Americans were living in the US. It was not just Japanese Americans. Yet only the Japanese were locked. up until the War ended.

Now we got FEMA camps

Awesome job on this video.

We have one those camps in Wyoming. It's called Hart mountain by Cody Wyoming. There's a visitor center for it. Al Simpson became good friends with one of the kids locked up in it. The Japanese man later became a representative in California and Al became one in Wyoming. They were friends for life.

Good video , Thanks for sharing .

Good stuff...Thanks for sharing!!!!

Thank you!

My, history has a repeat button on it here in America. I'll leave it at that, great video my friend!

Thank you, Chris. As always, you are sensitive and respectful. You are a fine human being. This is one of the saddest things this country has done. These were Americans who were treated like criminals. Thank you, Charles

There was also a camp in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is now a furniture store called Willis Wayside.

Thanks for this video. My distant family had gone to one of these and I never seen them before.

KZfaq recommended your video you posted about the old part of the Pa Turnpike. I live outside of Philadelphia and I have never knew this. I also did not know that America did this to Japanese Americans. I loved history in school and was never taught about this. My Social Studies teacher actually served in WWII and my grandpop also served in WWII; neither ever taught me this or shared stories about it. Thank you for sharing your adventures and teaching us a lot. I'm going to share your channel with my 14 year old son. I'm extremely proud of him because he will be in Advanced Placement or as we say AP World History (the only AP class offered for 9th graders). Sorry for bragging but I'm extremely proud of him. I know he'll like your videos. Have you ever thought about going to Eastern State Penitentiary? I don't want to give too much info, but you can Google it and look at its website. It's interesting and scary at the same time. I have a few more but I'm not sure if the places are still there or knocked down. Thank you again. You may not answer this question but are you single?

Nice channel mate, subscribed

always interesting,thanks chris

I have read books on this but haven't seen videos. Thanks for sharing!

I think they mentioned this at my school, but it was so brief, I forgot about this even happening for a long while. We really should discuss our country's failures more

Well I can say one thing every time you brought something up it's been pretty interesting I never even knew anything about that internment camp. My mom grew up at that time era and she told me that they had rounded up all Japanese where she was at and they put them in camps she didn't know where her my aunt was sewing parachutes since they were no good at welding but yeah she remembers stories about them collecting them from their homes for the main turn caps. I want to thank you it's it's an excellent presentation I appreciate it. Be safe

Great video , I really did like it . Thank you .