Earl Carroll defended himself and other camp leaders from allegations of collaboration in a series of newspaper articles in which he claimed the internees had waged a " secret war " against the Japanese . That view was generally accepted by Americans , and most internees were given a campaign ribbon for " contributing materially to the success of the Philippine campaign . " Carroll and ( posthumously ) Grinnell received the Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian decoration of the U.S. government
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Santo Tomas Internment Camp