Go Forth, Seek, and Find

Abstract

In the immediate aftermath of the riot Sue recognized one of the MPs who had been sent as reinforcement, her former high school teacher Paul Greene. When he asked her whether she was doing anything to get out of camp, she reaffirmed her belief that because of the riot probably no one would be allowed to leave. She remembered vividly that he responded that he had spoken to authorities advocating assistance for internees who wanted to leave the camp, and he urged her to make plans to do so. “That reinforced the idea that I needed to get out of there.” During that grim December Sue came upon something further that motivated her to take action.