The fact that some Japanese Latin Americans, particularly Japanese Peruvians, were incarcerated during WWII is something I learned long after I started this work. It is a fascinating and infuriating piece of the U.S. narrative of the war.
- Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project Website
- “Japanese Peruvian Internees Seek Justice,” San Jose Mercury-News
- “Japanese Peruvians Interned in the US During WWII,” BBC
- “Japanese Latin Americans,” Densho Encyclopedia:
- “Sabiduría: Japanese Peruvian Internment,” NPR
- “A Short History of Japanese Peruvian Internment and the Fight for Full Redress,” Discover Nikkei
- “Japanese Peruvians Born in Internment Camps in WWII,” LatinoUSA
- “Forsaken and Forgotten: The US Internment of Japanese Peruvians During WWII”
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