An American Story of WWII

Community Story

The Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL and the Watsonville Public Library are proud to present, "An American Story of World War II: the triumph and tragedy of the Japanese-American community during wartime."

Collaboration

This documentary is the product of a yearlong collaboration to collect and record the stories of local Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII and served in the military.

Stories

Twenty-one stories were recorded for this project; they are available as a DVD and online. Additionally, a kiosk with the stories will be stationed at various community locations; contact the library if your organization would like to host the kiosk.


Sponsors

This project is sponsored by the Watsonville Public Library and Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL. Funding was provided by a grant from the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.


For more information contact the library at 831-768-3400