{"id":2994,"date":"2011-11-03T21:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T21:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2011-11-03T21:45:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T21:45:35","slug":"interned-american-recalls-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/interned-american-recalls-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Interned American Recalls World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"

doing pretty well for old man
\ntwenty years ago i retired
\nas gardener at seventy-five
\ni was in twenties when
\npearl harbor hit and things
\ngot bad in california for
\npeople like me<\/p>\n

i was born here you know
\nthat didn\u2019t matter they sent
\nmy wife three kids and
\nme to internment camp
\nand made us stay we
\nlost our home and store
\nand both my parents
\nand one of hers died
\nup there cold and ugly<\/p>\n

never been back
\ni like central valley
\nold whites forget and
\nyoung don\u2019t know
\nusually don\u2019t tell them
\nonly reason i\u2019m
\ntelling you asked <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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