Chet and the Prisoners

By jeand

finctionalised story based on read events and diaries, from 1942.

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Chet and the Prisoners - 1

By jeand on Sun, 09 Oct 2016

Preface This is a fictionalized story based on known information of several men wholived in Bismarck, ND during the first half of 1942. They might...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 2

By jeand on Mon, 10 Oct 2016

Toyo Ft Lincoln February 12, 1942 First of all, I must say who I am, and what I am doing in this awful place, called Ft. Lincoln in the frozen north...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 3

By jeand on Tue, 11 Oct 2016

Chet February 20, 1942 This place is something else. I' ve never seen such a bunch of people before acting in such a quiet, organised manner. The...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 4

By jeand on Wed, 12 Oct 2016

4 Toyo February 20, 1942 I am cold almost all the time and have no money to buy warm things. The Germans have organised a store, and we are allowed...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 5

By jeand on Thu, 13 Oct 2016

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...
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By jeand on Fri, 14 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 7

By jeand on Sat, 15 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 8

By jeand on Mon, 17 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 9

By jeand on Tue, 18 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 10

By jeand on Wed, 19 Oct 2016

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...
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By jeand on Thu, 20 Oct 2016

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,...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 12

By jeand on Sat, 22 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 13

By jeand on Sun, 23 Oct 2016

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...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 15

By jeand on Tue, 25 Oct 2016

Chet April 23 I am getting to enjoy these little talks I have mainly with Karl. He wants to become an American citizen, and I think he will be a good...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 16

By jeand on Wed, 26 Oct 2016

Toya 23 April The AM hours are hours of inactivity. In the afternoon, I play ping-pong. I watch a judo match. 24 April I do some laundering. There is...
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By jeand on Fri, 28 Oct 2016

Chet May 1 Toya was so kind as to make me a birthday card, in Japanese writing. Inside was a beautifully painted bookmark with a Haiku on it. One of...
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By jeand on Sat, 29 Oct 2016

Chet May 6 Karl was asking more about what our prisoners do. I told him that there is an indoor recreational space available for them to use all year...
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