War Poetry - Japanese in the U.S.

War Poetry Japanese in the U.S. Pearl Harbor On December 7th, 1941 the Pear Harbor base was attacked by more than 300 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes Four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk and the four others present were damaged More than 150 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,402 men were killed and 1,282 wounded The attack came as a shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II (the following day the United States declared war on Japan) Executive Order 9066 On February 19th, 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Under the terms of the Order, more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent living in the US were removed from their homes and placed in internment camps. The US justified their action by claiming that there was a danger of those of Japanese descent spying for the Japanese. More than 2/3 of those interned were American citizens and half of them were children. In some cases family members were separated and put in different camps. During the entire war only 10 people were convicted of spying for Japan and these were all Caucasian. Poetfolio Entry #3 Two Voice Poems Write a two voice poem that highlights two different perspectives that we have discussed in class, or that you have learned about in your other classes. Poems should have at least 10 lines per voice, and be formatted like the example you saw in class today. examples: holocaust vs. japanese internment pearl harbor vs. 9/11 american women vs. jewish women during wwii and the holocaust mothers vs. nurses vs. workers hopeful vs. hopeless I am a woman. I am a woman. I am a woman born of a woman whose man owned a factory. I am a woman born of a woman whose man labored in a factory. I am a woman whose man wore silk suits, who constantly watched his weight. I am a woman whose man wore tattered clothing, whose heart was constantly strangled by hunger. I am a woman who watched two babies grow into beautiful children. I am a woman who watched two babies die because there was no milk. I am a woman who watched twins grow into popular college students with summers abroad. I am a woman who watched three children grow, but with bellies stretched from no food. But then there was a man; But then there was a man; And he talked about peasants getting richer by my family getting poorer. And he told me of days that would be better, and he made the days better. We had to eat rice. We had rice. And beans. And beans. My children were no longer given summer visas to Europe. My children no longer cried themselves to sleep. And I felt like a peasant. And I felt like a woman. I am a woman. I am a woman born of a woman whose man owned a factory. I am a woman born of a woman whose man labored in a factory. I am a woman whose man wore silk suits, who constantly watched his weight. I am a woman whose man wore tattered clothing, whose heart was constantly strangled by hunger. I am a woman who watched two babies grow into beautiful children. I am a woman who watched two babies die because there was no milk. I am a woman who watched twins grow into popular college students with summers abroad. I am a woman who watched three children grow, but with bellies stretched from no food. But then there was a man; But then there was a man; And he talked about peasants getting richer by my family getting poorer. And he told me of days that would be better, and he made the days better. We had to eat rice. We had rice. And beans. And beans. My children were no longer given summer visas to Europe. My children no longer cried themselves to sleep. And I felt like a peasant. And I felt like a woman.