The "HOME AGAIN" Novel was obtained from Judy Matsuoka of San Jose, California. This book is no longer available and not listed in any book dealer's out of print stock. I first read "HOME AGAIN" almost fifteen yeas ago, and thought it was far too important a book to disappear from a readers list. I've searched for it through book dealer's without success for those fifteen years. It's historical, especially for the Japanese Community of Santa Clara Valley, California (now called Silicon Valley). Many of the names mentioned in "HOME AGAIN" are known to the Japanese community of San Jose. This is the other reason for my interest in turning this novel into an E-Book. Much of what was mentioned in this book is known to me, I was born and raised here in San Jose. Most of what was my grandfather and his brother-in-law's Ranch is now under the Almaden Expressway. "HOME AGAIN" is also the experience of my wife and her family being sent to internment camp; now almost 59 years ago. I've read many books written on the war between Japan and the United States. It was a war the people of the United States did not want to enter, that is until Pearl Harbor. I worked with a Pearl Harbor survivor and we would argue over the merits of who was really at fault for the destruction of or severe damage to 188 planes, 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, and 4 miscellaneous vessels; and 3,435 lives lost. I argued that the United States knew everything, he argued that our Government would not do such a thing to it's own people. The U.S. government committed eight acts of provocation to cause Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Purple Code was broken in the Nineteen Twenties along with four other important military codes that allowed the U.S. to eavesdrop on radio transmissions sent by Japanese radio operators; both military and merchant marine. I question the reasoning of our government putting our men and women in uniform in harms way. And the internment of 92,000 Japanese living on the West coast of the United States that had their rights as citizens trampled upon, with loss of property for no other reason than being Japanese. Whose property sold under duress for pennies on the Dollar that would be worth millions today, the government granted $20,000 in restitution to only currently living internees. The elderly who passed away, the Grandfathers and Grandmothers never recovered what was legally theirs after returning home, received nothing from the government. Not even an apology. Survivors now range in age 55 and up. The Japanese living in Central and South America brought to internment camps on the Westcoast never received anything since they were not American Citizens. _______________________ O _______________________ Roosevelt's evacuation order was revoked January 1945. During post-war years many Japanese who had been denied U.S. Citizenship were allowed to become citizens. Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 providing payment of $20,000 to each surviving evacuee and internee. Along with the checks came a letter from Reagan's successor George Bush which read: "A monetary sum and words alone cannot restore lost years or erase painful memories; neither can they fully convey our Nation's resolve to rectify injustice and to uphold the rights of individuals. We can never fully right the wrongs of the past, but we can take a clear stand for justice and recognize the serious injustices were done to Japanese-Americans during World War II." Gerald Ford proclaimed the Internment of Japanese-Americans had been wrong. Manzanar became an historical site by an act of Congress in 1992. _______________________ O _______________________ There is a book that sheds light on who really knew and was at fault for all the pain that was caused to be felt by citizens of the United States. Please see below for more information on "Day of Deceit" by Robert B. Stinnett. Jerry Siegenthaler 2000,May 30 _______________________ O _______________________ Below is from "Day of Deceit" copy right page for those wishing to read more. fp THE FREE PRESS A Division of Simon & Schuster Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright (c) 2000 by Robert B. Stinnett Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stinnett, Robert B. Day of deceit the truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor / Robert B. Stinnett. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. 2. Intelligence service---United States. 3. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. 4. World War, 1939-1945-Diplomatic history. I. Title. D767.92.S837 1999 940.5426-dc2 1 99-38402 CIP ISBN 0-684-85339-6 (hc)