WWII

Attack on Pearl

Dec 7, 1941

WWII

Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 31, 1945

Attorney General orders all suspected "enemy "aliens in West

Dec 27, 1941

US Attorney General Biddle, ordered they be turned in on Dec. 27th and Sheriff Sheldrake of Hood River issued one of his famous notices Jan. 2nd in the Hood River News, apparently as a reminder.

President Roosevelt signs Executive Order No. 9066

Feb 19, 1942

Army acquire Owens Valley Site for Manzanar temporary detention center

Mar 7, 1942

President Roosevelt signed Public Law 503

Mar 21, 1942

Registrations begin at Interment Camps

Feb 8, 1943

Supreme Court rules curfew on one group of American Citizens

Jun 21, 1943

U.S Invades Normady,France (D-Day)

Jun 6, 1944

Korematsu v U.S.: the U.S. Supreme Court rules citizens to be singlesd out because of ancestry

Dec 18, 1944

V-J Day

Aug 15, 1945

WRA Interment Camps closed except for One!

Oct 15, 1945