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Attack of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese success was overwhelming but
it was not complete. They failed to damage any American Aircraft carriers, which by a stroke of luck, had been absent from the harbor. They neglected to damage the shoreside facilities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II. http://www.history.navy.mil/ -
Niiahu Incident
The Niihau Incident occurred in December 1941, just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It involved three Japanese Americans on the Hawaiian island of Niihau assisting a Japanese pilot who crashed there. The Governor of Hawaii rejected calls for mass internment of the Japanese Americans living there. -
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Internment Starts
Japenese American Internment camp starts. The camps were like prisons. Some of the people were born in the United States and they have relatives that were born in Japan. Most of the camps were in the western Unites States. There was even one in Missoula. Internment Camp Video -
Executive order 9066
The Executive order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Febuary 19, 1942. The order allowed authorized military commanders to designate military areas. -
Public Proclomation Number 1
General John L. Dewitt issued public proclomation number one which says that if they planned to move they would have to file a Change of Residence.
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Curfew started
Food was rationed out at an expense of 48 cents per internee, and served by fellow internees in a mess hall of 250-300 people.Eventually the government allowed internees to leave the concentration camps if they enlisted in the U.S. Army.Only 1200 internees chose to do so. Infoplease.com -
Internment ends
In 1943 the government allowed some Japanese to go to work or school for money but would not them leave the camps. Wikipedia.org -
Germany surrenders world war 2
Germany loses the war.
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Atomic bomb
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Ronald Reagan apologized for the internment camps
Signed a paper which apologized for the internment. He also dispersed 1.6 billion dollars to Japanese Americans who were internment.
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