No-No Boy by
In Main Collection.
A novel about the price of refusing to go to an internment camp. The author, Seattle native John Okada, was interned with his family in Idaho and served in the Army during WWII.
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Films on Demand is an online streaming video service for educational films. As a GRCC student you have unlimited access from campus or from home. Check out the documentary below, or click Films on Demand to search.
Battlefronts: The Perilous Fight - America's WWII in Color
The second episode focuses on the period from 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America’s military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images captured in color are the mobilization of women and African Americans on the industrial home front and in the military; the internment of Japanese Americans; American troops landing in North Africa; training of African-American aviators at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute; the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto; Yugoslavian resistance fighters helping downed U.S. airmen; and D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history. Distributed by PBS Distribution. Part of the series The Perilous Fight: America’s World War II in Color. (60 minutes)
Find articles from Academic Journals, Primary Sources, Newspapers, and more using U.S. History in Context (link below). If you are off campus, just enter your SID to open the database.
This database features a topic page on Japanese American Internment (pictured below).
