Once Hal recovered from the illness that kept him and his mother at Heart Mountain through the baseball World Series, which Hal listened to intently while he was in the camp infirmary, they qualified for indefinite leave. A month prior, Thomas, Kimiko’s husband, departed for the Pacific Northwest to take up employment with the railroad. He would work as a schoolboy, doing chores for a family in Hollywood, in exchange for room and board. In August 1945, oldest son Albert left Heart Mountain ahead of the family to start his final year at Hollywood High School. For the first time, the Keimi family was forced to split apart. The same could be said for the room that they later shared within a San Fernando Valley home, which Kimiko received as part of her compensation for domestic work.

The trailer that the two shared felt like anything but home. Instead, their final destination became a temporary trailer installation, which the federal government opened for Japanese Americans returning from America’s concentration camps. Although they were returning to their hometown, they were unable to reclaim their house, which was adjacent to the laundry that they previously operated in Hollywood. In late October 1945, Kimiko Keimi and her 13 year old son, Harold “Hal” Keimi, left Heart Mountain, Wyoming, one of America’s concentration camps, to return to Los Angeles. Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Ronnie Macias and Raey Hirata, 97.1.3a) Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Top Image: Children residing at a temporary trailer installation in Burbank, CA in 1946, following their return from America’s concentration camps.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.

A american going home series order