Even though the Japanese American’s were citizens of the United States, they were still forced into a new rough life in containment camps for the privacy of America. During this time, Frank, his mother Masako, and his sister Kumiko, where put into a barrack with another family of five. Kazuo, Frank’s father, was arrested previous to his family’s departure for questioning, and communicated with his family through letters during this rough period. Masako missed her husband very much, and even though they were communicating over time, she had anticipated he would come to their camp soon. After a hopeful year in the miserable camp, Frank’s dad was pronounced dead due to a heart attack. They shipped Kazuo’s body to the camp where his family was living, and they buried him there. Shortly after the unfortunate death of Frank’s father, Kumiko died due to an illness and childbirth complications, leaving Frank and his mother alone in the camp. In Frank’s desperate search for freedom, he signed up for the army, later fighting and returning home fallowing the victory of the war. Along with the end of the war came the closing of the internment camps, giving all of the Japanese Americans back their freedom that was stripped from them.