The relocation centers were built in the barren desert areas of California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas. Evacuees arrived to find bare, military style compounds that were as sparsely furnished as the assembly centers—just a few cots and a pot-bellied stove for warmth. In most cases, inner walls and ceilings had yet to be built. Most of the camps were located in areas that were subject to drastic temperature shifts and evacuees who were accustomed to the mild climate of California had to endure temperatures that climbed to over 100 degrees during the day, and dropped to near freezing at night. Most of these camps were also subject to severe, blinding dust storms, which coated everything in camp, inside and out, in a fine layer of dust. Monica Sone remembers the dusty greeting she and her fellow evacuees received upon their arrival at Camp...