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japanese internment camps time span
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Pearl harbor is attacked
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese army. The attack lasted an hour and fifty minutes.2335 service men were killed. 68 civillians died as well. 1143 service men were wounded and 35 civilians. 65 soilders died on the Japanese side and 1 man was captured. The Japanese code name for it was called Operation Z. -
Roosevelt signs order 9066
executive order9066President Franklin Roosevelt signed order 9066 to relocate Japanese imigrants to internment camps. -
ATTACK!!!
Japenese attack Oktwin
They captured an airfield and railway.
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Surrender
Germany, Japan's ally, surrendered. -
Release. Finally!
Tule Lake camp is closed. Prisoners are evacuated from the area.
The evacuees spread out about the country. -
more release
timelineU.S. District Judge Louis E. Goodman ordered that the people be released from internment camps. 302 people were released from crystal city, Texas and Sea Brook Farms, New Jersey. -
Japanese & American Evacuation Claims Act
- Convention held in Denver
- 18 months to file a claim -The most money that the Japanese could get for there loss was $2500
- Last settlement payed in 1965
- Total Japanese property loss is $400 million.
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We want money!
Jacl asked congress for a Bill that would get money for their losses without a decrease because of tax.
