Chapter 16
Free To Go
December, Surpreme Court ruling in the case called "Ex Parte Endo". Western Defense Command announced exclusion orders were being rescinded in 1942. All camps were being closed and internees now had the right to return to their former homes. Still with the Japanese Americans free, they still were not safe due to hatred and prejudism. They were motivated to move to the east coast where there was not any Oriental history.
Chapter 17
It's All Starting Over
1945, everything in camp Manzanar such as schools and programs were closing. Jeannie and her family were free to go, but they knew they did not have anything to bein with. Jeannie, Papa, Mama, and Granny stayed at Manzanar camp hoping the government would help them find a home. With the Wakatsuki's on their own they needed a safe place to stay and find jobs. The government would loan the people living in camp Manzanar money so that they could start off with at least some money.
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