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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack the US military base of Pearl Harbor, Japanese American leaders are immediately arrested, -
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WWII with Japan
Not mentioned is that fact that on August 10th, 1988, H.R. 442 is signedby President Ronald Reagan, providing each camp internee still surviving with 20,000 American dollars. -
Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signs an order saying that the military may remove anyone from any land without reason. -
First Major Evacuation
Navy orders all Japanese residents of Terminal Island to leave within 48 hours. -
Executive Order 9102
Establishes the War Relocation Authority (WRA) -
Civilian Exclusion
The first Civilian Exclusion order is sent out by the army, removing Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island in Washington. -
Santa Anita Riot
A routine search at the Assembly Center becomes harrassment, and crowds form, attacking the searching military personnel. Machine guns and tanks are used. -
Presdent Roosevelt Misspeaks
During a press conference, President Roosevelt refers to the internment camps as "concentration camps", a term ehich had been aggressively denied since the camps' beginning. -
Manzanar Riot
Harry Ueno, a Japanaese American prisoner, is arrested for smuggling within the cap; internees protest and march on camp officials: in the ruckus, American soldiers shoot into the crowd, killing two and injuring 9. -
442nd Regimental Combat Team
This team is made completely of Japanese Americans. -
Tule Lake
The camp at Tule Lake is reevaluated and turned into a "disloyal internee" camp. Disobedient prisoners are sent to this camp. -
Fort McClellan, Alabama
43 internees are arrested for refusing to participate in combat training. They were protesting how their families had been treated. -
Jerome
The first internment camp to close. -
Removal of Restrictions
Restrictions about settlement on the West Coast are removed. There are still many exceptions. -
Atomic Bomb
An atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. Th Japanese surrender on the 14th. -
Tule Lake Closes
Tule Lake Segregation Center is the last War Relocation Center to close. -
President Truman
He congratulates the 442nd Regiment on fighting both the enemy and prejudice. -
US District Judge Louis E Goodman
"...native-born American citizens could not be converted to enemy aliens and could not be imprisoned or sent to Japan on the basis of renunciation. Three hundred and two persons are finally released..."