Timeline: Internment Camps Garrett and Riley

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1990

Japenese Internment Camp dates

Dec 7, 1941

Japenese attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Video Japaneses soliders attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Feb 19, 1942

Executive Order 9066

President Roosevelt signs the Executive Order 9066 which allows military leaders to keep anyone without letting them have a trial. It paved the way for internment camps. http://www.megumitales.com/023executiveorder.jpg

Mar 2, 1942

Public Proclamation Number 1

General John L. Dewitt issues th Public Proclamation Number 1 which created Military areas 1 and 2 which included California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. It also hints that people might be excluded from area number 1. http://gladstonepostdoc.ucsf.edu/images/sanfrancisco/wcf093.jpg

Mar 24, 1942

First Cicilian Exclusion Order is issued

The first Cicilian Exclusion Order is issued for the area near Seattle. It allowed 108 Japanese Americans to be incarcerated by the end of October. http://media.discovernikkei.org/articles/3855/evacuation2.jpg

May 7, 1945

War Status

Germany surrendors which ended the war in Europe. http://forum.nashville247.tv/files/may-7-1945-ny-newspaper-wwii-germany-surrenders_370493575199.jpg

Aug 6, 1945

First Atomic bomb is dropped

First Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima http://www.allworldwars.com/image/037/Hiroshima05.jpg

Aug 9, 1945

Second Atomic bomb is dropped

The second Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki http://awesometalks.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/ng30.jpg

Jul 2, 1948

Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act

President Truman signs the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act http://www.pbs.org/kqed/fillmore/images/photos/pd_evacuation_notice.jpg

Jul 10, 1970

Resolution is announced

A resolution is announced by the Japanese American Citizens league calling for reparations for the World War Two incarceration of Japanese Americans http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/jacllogo.gif

Jul 14, 1981

Public Hearing in Washington D.C.

The comminsion on wartime relocation and internment of civilians holds a public hearing in Washigton D.C. as part of its investigation of the interment of Japanese Americans during World War Two http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/personal_justice_denied/images/cover.jpg

Jun 16, 1983

CMRIC issues recommendations to congress

The CWRIC issues its formal recommendations to congress concerning redress for Japanese Americans intemed during World War Two http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html