Scope and Contents Producer/Director: Ken Verdoia

Fifty years ago Japanese-American children pledged allegiance to the flag of America while caged behind the barbed wire at the desert encampment of Central Utah, known as Topaz. During WWII thousands of ethnic Japanese living in the U.S.--men, women, and children--were stripped of their constitutional rights, forced from their homes, and shipped to Topaz, a War Relocation camp near Delta, Utah. For over three years, this barren desert camp was their