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  • Bombing Of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
    <a</a>Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the US naval base. Bombing Of Pearl Harbor"One hour and forty minutes after leaving the carriers I knew that we should be nearing our goal. Openings in the thick cloud cover afforded occasional glimpses of the ocean. It was the northern shore of Oahu."

  • Presidential Proclamation

    Presidential Proclamation
    Presidential ProclamationThere is always a presidential proclamation made when there is a war planned against a foreign nation. "On December 8th, President Roosevelt initiated the Proclamation to go to war with us." We knew it would be crucial, but we were prepared."

  • The Fear Of Enemy Aliens

    The Fear Of Enemy Aliens
    The Fear Of Enemy AliensIn the days following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States federal government seized many Japanese-American-owned banks and businesses, closed Japanese language schools, and ordered members of suspected "enemy alien" groups to turn over cameras, radios, and weapons. "Us 120,000 were deprived of their property, freedom, and dignity not because of any criminal act but because of our race."

  • President Roosevelt orders re-registration of enemies

    President Roosevelt orders re-registration of enemies
    Japanese removal internment campsIn 1942, a few months after the Japanese attack on US air and naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, military officials on the West Coast, acting under presidential authority, moved about 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans away from the West Coast and interned them in ten hastily built .relocation camps. "The camps we were living in before were very crucial. We were very excited and worried about what we would be getting into next."

  • Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation

    Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation
    Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese RelocationIn an atmosphere of World War II, President Roosevelt authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan. I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the restrictions applicable to each Military area, including the use of Federal troops and other agencies.

  • All Japanese American Combat team

    All Japanese American Combat team
    Japanese Combat TeamJapanese Americans were kicked out of the military and joined the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were involuntarily removed from their homes and placed in 10 U.S. Army guarded camps located in America’s wasteland. "That was the blackest moment of my life—being treated as an enemy alien. In fact in September 1942, the draft board reclassified us as 4-C, meaning enemy alien unfit for draft, unwanted by the U.S. Army. "

  • WRA

    WRA
    WRAThe War Relocation Authority was the federal agency created in 1942 to care for the 110,000 Japanese Americans whom the army removed from the West Coast during World War II. "Me and my family were terrified. But in the end we did feel safer."

  • Segregation Begins

    Segregation Begins
    SegregationAs punishment for Pearl Harbor, the Federal Government assembled over 120,000 people hailing from as far south as Arizona to the furthest reaches of the northwest into ten internment camps. segregated from japanese-american and just japanese. "I was completely seperated from my friends and they were wat more strict."

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    D-DayJune 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft were involved with the D-Day invasion. "This was the scariest thing for my family."

  • Japanese-Americans veterans

    Japanese-Americans veterans
    Japanese Are FreeServi in World WarThis was the day the veterans were rewarded for their good deads during the war I learned from the many news articles that 39 members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service will receive a Bronze Medal next week in D.C., for their service. The 100th Infantry Battalion will receive the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor next Wednesday at Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in DC.

  • Victory Over Japan Day

    Victory Over Japan 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." "We were devastated on this day."