Kathryn Page Camp

The Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II found it challenging to celebrate Christmas the way they were used to, ...

Unaltered photos don’t exactly lie, but they can mislead. Consider this series of library photos taken by Dorothea Lange at Manzanar, Ca...

Two weeks ago, I participated in a library book fair. Although I was selling copies of all my books, I wanted to highlight Desert Jewels...

This past Friday (June 6) was the 70 th anniversary of D-Day. My mother’s youngest brother landed with the troops on D-Day and survi...

Last week I talked about the courage that sends people into war at the risk of their lives and limbs. This week I am going to discuss an...

This Memorial Day, I would like to honor the men who served and died with the 442 nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. Ini...

Is there any way we can make up for what we did to our fellow Americans during World War II? Even if we reimbursed them for their financ...

Beginning on December 17, 1944, the Japanese Americans were allowed to return to their homes and businesses on the West Coast. The war ...

After spending several months in the temporary camps, the Japanese Americans were sent to more permanent “relocation centers.” There wer...

 General DeWitt initially favored a “voluntary” removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. It was only voluntary in the sense...

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Of course it would. But if somebody handed you something that looked like a rose and c...

General DeWitt issued Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 on March 24, 1942, followed in quick succession by Civilian Exclusion Orders 2 thro...

February 19, 1942 was an evil day for America. That’s the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. But le...

Hopefully everyone who reads this blog knows what happened at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Japanese-Americans were as shocked and a...

I am currently researching a historical middle-grade novel based on the Japanese-American incarceration during World War II, and I belie...

There are still a few people around who lived through World War II, either on the battlefield or here at home, but it won't be long un...