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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Many Japanese language schools closed
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California revokes liquor license held by non-citizen people of Japanese ancestry
December 30 – California revokes liquor license held by non-citizen people of Japanese ancestry. -
Executive Order 9066
February 19 – FDR signs Executive Order No. 9066, authorizing Secretary of War or military commanders designated by Secretary to establish ‘military areas’ and exclude therefrom ‘any or all persons’. -
WCCA acquires Santa Anita as a temporary detention center
March 20 – WCCA acquires Santa Anita as a temporary detention center. -
WCCA acquires sites for temporary detention centers in California at Merced, Tulare, Marysville, and Fresno
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WDC announces completion of the removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes
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D-Day
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WRA announces that all internment camps will be closed before the end of 1945
December 18 – WRA announces that all internment camps will be closed before the end of 1945 -
Hiroshima Bombed
August 6, 1945 -
Nagasaki Bombed
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WDC issues Public Proclamation No. 24 revoking all individual exclusion orders and all further military restrictions against persons of Japanese descent
September – September – WDC issues Public Proclamation No. 24 revoking all individual exclusion orders and all further military restrictions against persons of Japanese descent.. -
All WRA internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center
Oct 15 – Dec 15 – All WRA internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center -
Tule Lake Segregation Center closed
March 20 – Tule Lake Segregation Center closed -
WRA program officially terminates
June 30 – WRA program officially terminates