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Pearl Harbor attacked
Pearl Harbor When I was about sixteen the Japanese made a surprise attack in the early morning at Pearl Harbor and it was the most terrifying experience of my life. Before it all happened it was a very peaceful morning and I was with my mother making breakfast before the younger children woke up. My mom and I had been listening to the radio all morning and nothing seemed wrong until we heard the airplanes fly over. The attack started instantly. -
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Treasury Department seizes all Japanese banks and businesses.
Japanese banks seized On December 8th, 1941 I was working at a grocery store and all of a sudden evey japanese person that came into the store had to use the cash they had left just to buy food and water. Turned out that all Japanese businesses and banks were closed. I noticed how everyone of them were just scared but knew they just had to wait. -
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066 The day President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order I was at my friends house and we watched it on her families televison. It was an amazing feeling to know that I would one day be able to tell my grandchildren that I was watching him sign the paper that put us at war with Japan. There were so many mixed emotins but at that specific time, we knew that it was what had to be done. -
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9102
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No.9102 This day was very emotional for a lot of people because it was taking away friends and employees. If you were a japanese decendant you were forced to leave your home and sent to an internment camp even if you were an American citizen. One of my friends entire family was taken by soldiers and it made me feel scared for them just to see it actually happen. -
Western Defense Commander announced the completion of removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes.
Western Defense Commander announced the completion of removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes. Every japenese person i've ever met has been taken into the interment camps and its sad to say that I do not know how any of them are doing. Once they left I hadn't heard from any of them which is hard to believe because I was close friend with two of them. -
Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced plans to form an all-Japanese American Combat team to be made up of volunteers from both the mainland and Hawaii.
Volunteers from internment camps Many japanese men were proud to volunteer just because they wanted to make their families have hope again. When you see your family member go you think of if they will come back or if the country will change their mind and let you go home. Either way the men knew that even if they were to pass away that their family members would be proud of them just because they had the courage to go. -
Registration (loyalty questionnaire) of all persons over 17 years of age for Army recruitment, segregation and relocation begins at most of the internment camps.
Registration (loyalty questionnaire) of all persons over 17 years of age for Army recruitment, segregation and relocation begins at most of the internment camps When they told everyone that all you needed to be was 17 you could see on a lot of the boys faces a bit of releif but also the fear in their mothers eyes. Mothers were losing their husbands and didn't want their sons to do this. -
D-Day
D-Day During the time my brother was fighting I was just walking around and I all of a sudden asked myself what if he doesn't come back. My mother said that she knew he would come back because he was a fighter and fighters never lose but I couldn't help but think what would happen if he dies out there. There is a girl who lives down the street and her father was there too so I just went to her house and waited. -
The WRA announced that all internment camps would be closed before the end of 1945 and the entire WRA program would be liquidated on June 30, 1946.
WRA When they had announced that the internment camps would be closed all I could think was whether or not my friends were okay. A lot of people in my neighborhood wondered if they would come back or if they would start fresh somewhere else. I hoped that they would come back though because I want them to know that they are welcome and we did miss them around town. -
442--All Japanese American Regiment frees prisoners at Dachau Concentration Camps.
Dachau Concentration Camps The news came fast all through the camp that they were finally going to set us free. A lot of us wondered where we were going to go and if all our family members were okay. -
Dec 15 All WRA Internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center
Tule Lake Center Hearing that all camps were closed except one was very upseting. Everyone wanted to help the people that were still there but they thought that once they went there the government might change their mind and put them back into the camps.
