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Pearl Harbor Attacked!
Japanese planes attacked U.S. Naval base in Hawaii, 2000 soldiers died. I was working onboard the USS Misourri when planes started to open fire on our ships, as i looked in the sky i saw the red circle on the side of the planes.....I then knew what was happening. -
President Roosevelt signs Proclamation 2525
proclamation 2525
Signed by the president, gave the government the authority to sweep and search suspect citizens in a time of war. Today I signed an Act giving government the authority to search any suspected criminals, I feel a little bad for the Japanese but it is in the best interest of the country. -President Roosevelt -
Roosevelt Sends Japanese to Internment Camps
9066 President ordered all Japanese Americans on the west coast into internment camps through this act. Today i had to sign an executive order that put the Japanese in internment camps, hopefully this war wont hold out so long so they don't suffer as much. - President Roosevelt -
WCAA Aquires New Internment Camps
WCAA new Internment Camps
The WCAA acquired new temporary internment camps in the central valley. Today we were taken to a new camp in Fresno, they said we will be moved somewhere else later, I just want to go home.
- Takashi Saito, Japanese-American Citizen -
Japs Prove their Loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
All Japanese age 17 and older were required to answer a questionnaire to prove their loyalty to the United States Military officials asked me some strange questions about my loyalty to the United States, I would do anything for my country, even though I am in an internment camp.
Japanese American citizen, Takashi Saito -
Government Enacts New Law: Public Law 503
Public Law 503
Provided a penalty for people violating orders in any military zone. Today a new law was enacted to make people cooperate in military zones, this should make those Japs more cooperative.
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Yasui takes on United States in Supreme Court
Yasui v US
Case against the curfews implemented during WW II for Japanese citizens. It was ruled constitutional for reasons of national security. Today Yasui lost in court, when will this war ever end? I wish things could go back to normal. Takashi Saito, Japanese-American Citizen -
U.S. Brings the Fight to the Germans!
D-day160,000 allied troops landed on the beaches of normandy to fight the Germans. There were oiver 9000 allied deaths but the allies gained a foothold in normandy. We have finally taken the first step to defeating the Germans, in the months to come the Nazi army shall be defeated and the allies will be victorius. - General Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Korematsu challenges US in Court!
[Korematsu V US](www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_22) Korematsu claimed that it was unconstitutional to imprison people without trial, he lost, it was declared to be constitutional during war time. I thought for sure i would win, it's just bias, I should've known the judge wouldn't rule in my favor. - Korematsu -
Japanese-American Regiment Liberates Dachau!
Japanese liberate Dachau An all Japanese-American regiment liberates the nazi concentration camp- dachau freeing 30,000
survivors. Today one of our All Japanese- American regiments freed 30,000 prisoners from a Nazi Camp, maybe I was wrong about these Japanese, maybe they aren't all bad. -
Japan Surrenders to the United States!
v-j day
Japan surrenders to the United States after second atomic bomb is dropped. Today is a great day for the United States, it marks the end of the war on Japan, we can finally focus our efforts on Germany now. - President Harry S. Truman
