Event Details: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., September 04 - November 15, Pius XII Memorial Library, Room 307

A new exhibit on display at the Saint Louis University Archives examines the courage and tenacity of St. Louisans who were held in Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Fred Hawthorne ran a clothing store in Manila. Anthony Danie worked for Hawthorne. Herman Kienstra was a civilian employee at Nichols Field. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, these men, and members of their families, spent three years in squalid conditions at a Japanese internment camp on the Santo Tomas University campus.

Despite daily hardship and worry, the imprisoned Americans had the foresight to preserve some artifacts from their captivity. Meal tickets, song sheets, greeting cards and camp newspapers were carefully packed for the long-awaited return home after liberation and lovingly safeguarded over the years until they were deposited in the Saint Louis University Archives.

What: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: St. Louisans Interned by the Japanese in World War II

When: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday thru Nov. 15

Where: Saint Louis University Archives, Pius XII Memorial Library, Room 307, 3650 Lindell

Info: The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, call (314) 977-3109

Saint Louis University is a Jesuit, Catholic university ranked among the top research institutions in the nation. The University fosters the intellectual and character development of 11,800 students on campuses in St. Louis and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi and the second oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Through teaching, research, health care and community service, Saint Louis University is the place where knowledge touches lives. Learn more about SLU at www.slu.edu.