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Presdential Proclamation
Presidential Proclamation Aliens http://www.foitimes.com/internment/Proc2525.html
On December 8th, President Roosevelt initiated the Proclamation to go to war with us. We knew it would be crucial, but we were prepared. I do hereby further proclaim and direct that the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States toward all natives and citizens. -
Pearl Habor Attack
[Overview of the Pearl Habor Attack](www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm)
One hour and forty minutes after leaving the carriers I knew that we should be nearing our goal. Openings in the thick cloud cover afforded occasional glimpses of the ocean. It was the northern shore of Oahu. -
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The Causes of World War 2
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President Roosevelt Orders Re-registration of Enemies
Japanese Internment Camps in the USA
In 1942, a few months after the Japanese attack on US air and naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, military moved about 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans away from the West Coast. The camps we were living in before were very crucial. We were very excited and worried about what we would be getting into next. -
The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation
[Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese ](www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=74)
President Roosevelt authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan. I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander. -
All Japanese American Combat Team
Japanese Combat Team
Japanese Americans were kicked out of the military and joined the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were involuntarily removed from their homes. That was the blackest moment of my life—being treated as an enemy alien. In fact in September 1942, the draft board reclassified us as 4-C, meaning enemy alien unfit for draft, unwanted by the U.S. Army. -
All-Japanese American Combat team to be made up of volunteers
[Regimental Combat Team](www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_veterans_442nd.asp)
On January 28, 1943 the War Department announced that it was forming an all-Nisei combat team and called for 1,500 volunteers from Hawaii. Ten thousand men volunteered, including men from the Varsity Victory Volunteers. -
Segregation Begins
[Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps](classes.maxwell.syr.edu/soc248/JapaneseIntern.html)
As punishment for Pearl Harbor, the Federal Government assembled over 120,000 people hailing from as far south as Arizona to the furthest reaches of the northwest into ten internment camps. segregated from japanese-american and just japanese. I was completely seperated from my friends and they were what more strict. -
June 6 D-Day
[D-Day](www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005158)
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft were involved with the D-Day invasion. -
WRA has no Authority to Detain a "Concededly Loyal"
[WRA has no Authority to Detain a "Concededly Loyal"](www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/1944.htm)
In a related decision (Ex Parte Endo), issued on the same day, the court rules that Executive Orders 9066 and 9102 cannot be construed to give the WRA "authority to subject citizens who are concededly loyal" to detention in a relocation center. -
Japanese-Americans Veterans
[Japanese Are Free Servis in World War 2](www.loc.gov/vets/vets-news-photos.html)
I learned from the many news articles that 39 members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service will receive a Bronze Medal next week in Washington, D.C., for their service. The 100th Infantry Battalion will receive the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor next Wednesday at Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. -
Victory Over Japan Day
[Victory in Japan](www.history.com/topics/v-j-day)
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as "Victory over Japan Day," or simply "V-J Day." We were devastated on this day.
