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The Official Pearl Harbor Tour Site
pearl harbor
The tragic attacks of December 7, 1941 shook the island of Oahu, and the United States, forever. 1,177 victims of the Japanese attacks it's a day to remmember. I was walking the streets with my dog, just like any other day. When all of a sudden i saw airplanes shotting people in the streets, so i ran and i hide with my dog under a car. We were lucky we survived, but i saw many people die. -
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Japanese Internment Camps Timeline
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Restrictions on Axis Aliens
Attorney General orders all suspected "enemy "aliens in West to surrender short wave radios and cameras
Every enemy alien who has a camera or short wave radio set in his possession, must surrender. Mommy was holding my hand, she was letting me know that everything was going to be okay. I really didn't want to give up my radio, it was the only thing i had left from grandpa, i was mad and sad but their was nothing i could do. -
Chronology of the Japanese American Internment
Attorney General freezes travel by all suspected "enemy " aliens, orders surrender of weapons. January 1 Attorney General freezes travel by all suspected "enemy " aliens, orders surrender of weapons. I had a family to take home, they wouldn't let us back into our home land. It just wasen't fair for them to do this to my family and i just because of my race. Im an American, i mean no harm for my people. -
Chronology of the Japanese American Internment
President Roosevelt orders re-registration of suspected "enemy" aliens in West. January 14 President Roosevelt orders re-registration of suspected "enemy" aliens in West. And then again, we were at the camp, the only good thing about it it that i was withh my family. We were all their togethoer. -
Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066
authorizing the removal of any or all people from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." The military in turn defined the entire West Coast, home to the majority of Americans of Japanese ancestry or citizenship, as a military area.
Why did they take our house with them, were am i am my mommy suppost to sleep and live at now. -
Japanese Americans in the Military
American Combat team to be made up of volunteers from both the mainland and Hawaii.
In early 1943, the War Department decided to form a combat team made up of volunteers from both Hawaii and the mainland concentration camps. The majority of volunteers came from Hawaii although over 1,200 men volunteered from the camps. Their i was volentiring to fight for my land.I wasn't the "same" in the eyes of some people i was the same in war. -
Events occurring on Tuesday, January 5, 1943
77-503 authorized the implementation of Executive Order 9066 and provided criminal penalties for violation of orders of the Military Commander.
On June 21, 1943 the Supreme Court ruled in Hirabayashi v. the United States ruled that a curfew may be imposed against one group of Americans citizens based solely on ancestry and that Congress in enacting public law.
We had to obey more than ussual, otherwise we would end up in prison -
Lead Story
June 6 D-Day
the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. It was a nightmare, my husband was going crazy thinking what to do, because he was the head of the family. My children were frighten, and i didn't know what to do, i was there, but at the same time i wasn't. -
Chronology of the Japanese American Internment
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. Oct 15- Dec 15 All WRA Internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center. The day finally came, my sister hold my hand very thighly and with a big smile we were finally out of the camps, on our way home. -
VJ Day, the end of World War II – August 15, 1945
August 15 V-J Day
Japan did not accept the invitation to surrender. The announced surrender came nine days after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and six days after a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
This was an exiting news, for the US it was almost over, everything had gotten well and this nightmare was about to end. -
Tule Lake Committee
Oct 15- Dec 15 All WRA Internment camps are closed except for Tule Lake Center The Army was poised to take over the camp in case of trouble. On November 4, 1943, disputes over truckloads of food taken from the warehouse led to the Army takeover of the camp using machine guns and tanks. Martial law was imposed and was continued until January 15, 1944. We were still in here, hoping that one day they will reconsider and we will get out.
