Instructions to japanese

Executive Order 9066

By savbehrmann

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Presidential Proclamation No. 2525 gives blanket authority to Attorney General for a sweep of suspects
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    Executive Order 9066

  • President Roosevelt orders re-registration

    Re-registration of suspected "enemy" aliens in West.

  • Executive Order No. 9066

    President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066, authorizing Secretary of War, or any military commander designated by Secretary to establish 'military areas' and exclude therefrom any or all persons.

  • Executive Order No. 9102

    President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9102 creating the War Relocation Authority to assist person evacuated by the military under Executive Order No. 9066. Milton S. Eisenhower was named Director.

  • Western Defense Commander

    Western Defense Commander announced the completion of removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes.

  • Loyalty questionnaire

    Registration (loyalty questionnaire) of all persons over 17 years of age for Army recruitment, segregation and relocation begins at most of the internment camps.

  • D-Day

    The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.

  • WRA announcement

    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.

  • Korematsu v U.S.

    Korematsu v U.S.: the U.S. Supreme Court rules that one group of citizens may be singled out and expelled from their homes and imprisoned for several years without trial, based solely on their ancestry.

  • WRA Internment camps close

    Starting Oct. 15-Dec. 15, all WRA Internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center

  • WRA termnation

    War Relocation Authority program officially terminates.

  • Evacuation Claims Act

    Gives internees until January 3.1950 to file claims against the government for damages to or loss of real or personal property consequence of the evacuation. Total of $31 million paid by the government for property lost by internees-- equaling less than 10 cents per dollar lost.