Monica Itoi Sone

In 1953, Monica Itoi Sone wrote the consummate book on the "Internment" of Americans of Japanese descent. This book is not political, as most subsequent writing on this subject is. However, many of my friends, including a long-term girlfriend, several bosses, and neighbors, are the direct descendants of the Minidoka (Idaho) Gulag. Therefore, I know many untold truths about this tragic historical event. Here is where the Itoi family and 10,000 other men, women, and children were held as political prisoners by the Roosevelt administration's Executive Order 9066. Most of these folks were from the Greater Seattle and Puget Sound area of western Washington State. Many lost everything and had to start anew after World War II. This act by the government ranks among the Extermination of Native Americans, Latin American Human Trafficking, and African Slavery as the scar tissue of United States history. Regardless of your political beliefs or stance on historical issues, I consider this a TOP 10 MUST READ for any American.… (more)