Baseball, A Silver Lining in the Internment Camps
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
During World War II, the internment camps became involuntary homes for thousands.
During World War II, the internment camps became involuntary homes for thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. It couldn't have been easy, but incarcerees still found way to find some measure of happiness in their surroundings. One of these ways was through playing baseball.
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Baseball, A Silver Lining in the Internment Camps
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
During World War II, the internment camps became involuntary homes for thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. It couldn't have been easy, but incarcerees still found way to find some measure of happiness in their surroundings. One of these ways was through playing baseball.
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