The Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat Idaho Public Television
brings you the compelling story of a country's fear, a great
sadness, and, ultimately, heroism. It is the story of the
Japanese-Americans in the war years of the 1940's. During World
War II more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans men, women and
children were forced into internment camps. Nearly 10,000 were
held at the Minidoka Camp in Idaho. When Japanese-Americans were
allowed to fight in the war, many from Minidoka volunteered.
They were put into one division, the 442nd. It became the most
decorated unit of its size in World War II. Many of those who
were locked up by their country stayed in Idaho after their
release from the camps or their return from war. They raised
families and rarely looked back at those dark times. Idaho
Homefront: Of Camps and Combat is their story. Meet people like
Hero Shiosaki and Roy Gikiu. They fought for our country in
Europe and helped turn the tide during that bitter campaign.
Both of these proud men felt the bitte