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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Momomeida.com states, the United States to entered World War II. Years of anti-Japanese prejudice erupted into hate and suspicion. All people of Japanese descent were looked upon as capable of sabotage, and the success of the attack was assumed to be the result of espionage by Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and on the West Coast. -
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WWII Japanese Internment
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Exexutive Order 9066
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans from the West Coast -
First group to be removed en masse
Pbs.org states, The Navy informs Japanese American residents of Terminal Island near Los Angeles Harbor that they must leave in 48 hours. They are the first group to be removed en masse. -
Japanese only welcomed to Idaho if under military guard
Pbs.org also states, Idaho Governor Chase Clark tells a congressional committee in Seattle that Japanese would be welcome in Idaho only if they were in "concentration camps under military guard." Some credit Clark with the conception of what was to become a true scenario. -
Incarceration of Japanese Americans
Through the beggining of March, ushistory.com states "Until the camps were completed, many of the evacuees were held in temporary centers, such as stables at local racetracks. Almost two-thirds of the interns were NISEI, or Japanese Americans born in the United States." -
Ten Camps were finally built
Still during the beginning - middle of March, Ushistory.com states that "Ten camps were finally completed in remote areas of seven western states. Housing was spartan, consisting mainly of tarpaper barracks. Families dined together at communal mess halls, and children were expected to attend school. Adults had the option of working for a salary of $5 per day. The United States government hoped that the interns could make the camps self-sufficient by farming to produce food." -
The camps were built
March, 1942
Amache (Granada), Colorado
Gila River, Arizona
Heart Mountain, Wyoming
Jerome, Arkansas
Manzanar, California
Minidoka, Idaho
Poston (aka Colorado River), Arizona
Rohwer, Arkansas
Topaz (aka Central Utah), Utah
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Japanese Americans in Military Area No. 1 and the California portion of No. 2 would be incarcerated
Pbs.com exclaims, The first Civilian Exclusion Order issued by the Army is issued for the Bainbridge Island area near Seattle. The forty-five families there are given one week to prepare. By the end of October, 108 exclusion orders would be issued, and all Japanese Americans in Military Area No. 1 and the California portion of No. 2 would be incarcerated. -
"A Jap's a Jap"
"A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty... This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast except on a permit from my office." Gereral John L. DeWitt, head, Western Defense Command; before the House Naval Affairs Subcommittee.(Pbs.com) -
Few Japanese Americans return
Restrictions preventing resettlement on the West Coast are removed, although many exceptions continue to exist. A few carefully screened Japanese Americans had returned to the coast in late 1944.(Pbs.com) -
Last camp closed
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Individual payments to Japanese Americans
The CWRIC issues its formal recommendations to Congress concerning redress for Japanese Americans interned during World War II. They include the call for individual payments of $20,000 to each of those who spent time in the concentration camps and are still alive.(Pbs.com)
