Motomu Akashi

Betrayed Trust: the Story of a Deported Issei and His American-born Family During Ww II Motomu Akashi

BetrayedTrust illuminates why some Issei (first generation Japanese resident alien) andJapanese-Americans chose to give up on America rather than to stay with a nation that abused,condemned, rejected, incarcerated, and took away their freedom.¿ It is a compelling narration of an Issei and his American-born family who were imprisoned foralmost four years during World War II under the custody of the U. S. Government.¿ Betrayed Trustreveals the most intimate thoughts of the author's father's secret politicalactivities, efforts for resegregation, andinvolvement in creating a "true Japanese" environment at the Tule Lake Segregation Center.¿ The authordiscloses his father's activities as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Resegregation Group and as one of the founders of two superpro-Japanese organizations, the Sokoku Kenkyu Seinen Dan (Young Men'sAssociation for the Study of the Motherland) and the SokujiKikoku Hoshi Dan (Society for Immediate Return toServe the Motherland), which led to his removal by the Department of Justicefrom Tule Lake Segregation Center; his detention atthe Santa Fe Interment Camp; his removal and segregation to a secret JapaneseSegregation Camp #; his covert transfer to the INS Terminal Island DetentionStation and ultimately to the Portland Detention Station for deportation as oneof the most dangerous alien enemy.