At camp’s closure, Heart Mtn. detainees, as with detainees from the other detention camps, restarted their lives in different areas. Many returned to their pre-war hometowns while a few permanently moved inland. Seven stories from detainees, including,: “Returning back home was the most stressful times of the whole war as we were NOT WELCOME back home. The majority of stores and businesses would not sell us anything and signs saying ‘NO JAPS’ were on the doors of many stores. We went to nearby towns to buy what we needed. Our town had a lot of hate stored up for us because of the war with Japan. Even going back to school was very stressful for me, as my former classmates were very cool towards me at first. There were acts of harassment towards me. It got so bad that they called an army officer who had served with the Nisei soldiers and tried to explain to the students that the Japanese Americans had serve their country and should be treated with respect. After a while the attitudes changed for the better and we all became friends again.” Katsumi Tim Nishimoto, detainee.