Japanese Internment Camps By Kayla And Kalysta

Pearl Harbor Continuted

Dec 7, 1941

Three days later, Japanese allies, Germany and Italy also declared war on the U.S. More than two years into the conflict America had finally joined World War II.
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Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Before 8 A.M. in Pearl Harbor, 100 of Japanese fighter plans attacked the american naval base at the harbor, near Honolulu, Hawaii. This attack last two hours and destoryed 20 american naval vessels including 8 enormous battleships and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 American Soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assaultt, President Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan. Congress approved his declaration. http://pbs.org/childofcamp/hi

Japanese Camps

Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Aug 10, 1988

Executive Order 9066

Feb 9, 1942

President Rosevelt signs the Executive Order 9066 which follows Military authorities to exclude anyone from anywhere without any hearings or trials put forth.
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Public Proclamation

Mar 2, 1942

General John L. Dewitt issues Public Proclamation NUmber 1 includes western portion of California, Oregon, and Washington and part of Arizona.
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Carry out the Plan

Mar 11, 1942

General Dewit established the Wartime Civil Control Administration with Col. Karl R. Bendetsen as director, to carry out the internment plan.
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Internment Camps

Mar 11, 1942

These camps were established because Roosevelts Executive Order was fueled by Anti-Japanese that had strong feelings among the farmeres who competed against Japanese labor which resulted into making Internment Camps
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Conditions of the Camps

Mar 11, 1942

coal was hard to come by
food was rationed about 48 cents per internee
very overcrowded

Experiences

Mar 11, 1942

Litttle food
housed in tarpaper
simple frame construction

First Civilian Exclusion Order

Mar 24, 1942

This issued by the army is issued to Branbridge Island are. About fourty-five families were given one week to prepare, by the end of October, around 108 exclusion orders would be issued. Japanese Americans in No. 1 and No. 2 would also be put into jail.
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Quote

Jan 21, 1945

"We saw all these people behind the fence, looking out, hanging onto the wire, and looking out because they were anxious to know who was coming in. But I will never forget the shocking feeling that human beings were behind this fence like animals [crying]. And we were going to also lose our freedom and walk inside of that gate and find ourselves…cooped up there…when the gates were shut, we knew that we had lost something that was very precious; that we were no longer free."
-Mary Tsukamoto

Surrender

May 7, 1945

There was a surrender in Germany and this surrender ended the war in Europe.
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Atomic Bomb

Aug 6, 1945

An atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshamia
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Tule Lake Closes

Mar 20, 1946

In the month prior to the closing, some 5,000 internees had to be moved.
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Last Internment Camp

Dec 20, 1946

The last Internment camp was closed by the end of the year of 1946

Life After Internment Camps

Dec 30, 1946

Humiliated
Weren't happy with being captured
Happy they were released
Hard to repare their lives back together
released 1946

District Judge orders petitions be released

Jun 30, 1947

Us district judge Louis E. Goodman orders that petitions in Wayne Collins suit of December 13, 1945 be realeased.
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President Truman makes a huge step.

Jul 2, 1948

President Truman signs the Japanese American evacuation claims act which was a measure to compensate Japanese Americans for certain economic attribuatble to forced evacuation.
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Resolutions are made by Japenese American Citizens Leauge

Jul 10, 1970

A resolution is announced by the Japanese American Citizen leauges northern California western Nevada district council calling for reperations for World War II incarcaration of Japanese Americans.
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Formal Apology

Jan 31, 1976

fA formal apology from President Gerald R. Ford

Japenese American Rights Violations Act

Nov 28, 1979

Representative Mike Lowry introduces the World War II Japanese American Rights Violations Act into congress
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Public Hearing

Jul 14, 1981

CWRIC holds a public hearing in Washington, D.C. as a part of its investigation into the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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CWRIC and the congress

Jun 16, 1983

CWRIC issues its formal recommendations to congress concerning readress to Japanese Americans captures during World World II.
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H.R. 442

Aug 10, 1988

H.R. 422 is signed into law by President Ronald Regaen. This provies individual payments of 20,000 to each surviving the camp and 1.25 billion dollars towards education funds and also amoung other provisions as well.
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