-
Parol Harbor Attack
The Pearl Harbor attack plan had two immediate goals; the destruction of American aircraft carriers known to frequent the area, and the sinking of as many other capital ships as possible, especially battleships. With these two tasks complete, the Japanese hoped to neutralize the American fleet's ability to project air and sea power in the Pacific Basin for at least six months. During that time they planned to occupy the East Asian and West Pacific regions with such firmness that the Allies would -
Treasury Department
Japanese bank accounts and businesses are seized by the Department of the Treasury. February 19, 1942- Executive Order #9066 is signed by FDR giving authorization for establishing military areas. This order allows for the forced removal/incarceration of Japanese
"I was scared thats i wasnt going to be able to provide for my family" -
Attorney General freezes
Jan. 1942 Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 2525-2527 and 2537 (issued Jan.14, 1942), the Attorney General issues regulations requiring application for and issurance of certificates of identification to all “enemy aliens” aged 14 and older and outlining restrictions on their movement and property ownership rights. .
"I was scared that i was going to get checked identification everyday:" -
Attorney General establishes curfew zones in California t\
Japanese IntermentJapanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.[2][3] The internment of Japanese Americans was applied unequally throughout the United States. All who lived on the West Coast of the United States were interned, while in Hawaii, where the 150,000 -
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066
Executive OrderTen weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of any or all people from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." The military in turn defined the entire West Coast, home to the majority of Americans of Japanese ancestry or citizenship, as a military area. -
January 23 Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced plans
January 23 Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced plans to form an all-Japanese American Combat team to be made up of volunteers from both the mainland and Hawaii. -
May 6 Ms Eleanor Roosevelt spent a day at the Gila River Internment camp.
Gila RiverRivers Relocation Center is one of the two camps located on American Indian Reservations, both of which were located in Arizona. Known more popularly as Gila River, this incarceration camp held over 13,000 inmates, most of whom were from California. This camp was known for its baseball team, the Gila River Eagles, its prolific produce that fed most of the camps, and for being visited by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt -
February 16 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9423 transferring WRA to the Department of the Interior
The war relocation President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9423, transferring the WRA from the Office for Emergency Management to the Department of the Interior. This transfer was in response to disturbances on November 1 through 4 at the Tule Lake segregation center. President Roosevelt felt that WRA's placement in a Cabinet level department would strengthen its administration and enable it to better present itself to Congress and the public -
June 30 Jerome Internment camp closed.
Internment CampsIn 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the exclusion orders,[9] while noting that the provisions that singled out people of Japanese ancestry were a separate issue outside the scope of the proceedings. -
V-J Day
V-J DayOn 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." The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan's formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan's capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostil -
End of the camps
End of CampsOn 13 July 1945 the director of the WRA announced that all of the camps, except for Tule Lake, were to be closed between 15 October and 15 December of that year. On 20 March 1946 Tule Lake closed. Executive Order 9742, signed by President Harry S. Truman on 26 June 1946, officially terminated the WRA’s mission
