Biography
Fred Berg was a US citizen living in Honolulu employed as a shop superintendent at Sears when detained during the wartime roundup. His March 11, 1942 letter from Camp McCoy described months of confinement after the December 8, 1941 arrests and separation from his wife and stepdaughter, who were held at Sand Island. He appealed to Delegate Samuel W. King, challenged being required to sign enemy-alien papers despite US citizenship, and described loss of his family’s livelihood. This was actual administrative confinement; the source does not establish a criminal conviction or final release. No identities are invented for his unnamed wife or stepdaughter.
Fred Berg was a US citizen living in Honolulu employed as a shop superintendent at Sears when detained during the wartime roundup. His March 11, 1942 letter from Camp McCoy described months of confinement after the December 8, 1941 arrests and separation from his wife and stepdaughter, who were held at Sand Island. He appealed to Delegate Samuel W. King, challenged being required to sign enemy-alien papers despite US citizenship, and described loss of his family’s livelihood. This was actual administrative confinement; the source does not establish a criminal conviction or final release. No identities are invented for his unnamed wife or stepdaughter. Actual confinement at Camp McCoy by March11,1942. Fred Berg was a US citizen living in Honolulu employed as a shop superintendent at Sears when detained during the wartime roundup. His March 11, 1942 letter from Camp McCoy described months of confinement after the December 8, 1941 arrests and separation from his wife and stepdaughter, who were held at Sand Island. He appealed to Delegate Samuel W. King, challenged being required to sign enemy-alien papers despite US citizenship, and described loss of his family’s livelihood. This was actual administrative confinement; the source does not establish a criminal conviction or final release. No identities are invented for his unnamed wife or stepdaughter.
Original wartime civilian internment records, PDF pages 4, 5, 15, 16, 17.
