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Pearl Harbor
On this morning, the Japanese bombed the U.S. Navel Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
Executive Order 9066
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066. This order rounded up 120,000 Americans with Japanese heritage to one of the ten relocation camps. www.thepeoplehistory.com/february19th.html -
Western Defense Command
The Western Defense Command issues a proclamation which removes Japanese descendents from the western halves of California, Oregon, and Washington, and the southern third of Arizona. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/1942.htm -
Mac Arthur
Mac Arthur abandons 90,000 troops in the Phillipines but then returns and captures it. www.history.com/this_day_in_history/macarthur_leaves_ -
U-123 Attacks
At 3:00 AM, U-123 attacks British tanker MU Empire steel and sinks it. worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/day-936-march-24-1942.html -
Begining of the Battle of Coral Sea
This is the begining of the Battle of Coral Sea. A Japanese Aircraft carrier is sunk by American bombers. www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii_pay/coralsea/c5_3.htm/ -
First Nulear Weapon Drop
U.S. B-29 Superfortress dropped the first nuclear weapon on the city of Airshima, Japan. www.wiki.answers.com/q/what_happened_on_augusst_6_1945 -
Most Released From Camps
By this time almost all the Japanese-Americans were released from the internment camps. Mrs. Hatler -
The Last Relocation Center
Tule Lake War Relocation Center, the last relocation center, closed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/march_1946#march_20.26_1946_.28wednsday.29 -
Petitioners Released
U.S. District Judge Louis E. Goodman orders petitioners to be released. www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html -
Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act
President Trueman signs the Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act to compensate economic losses. http://korematsu.wikispaces.com/Japanese+American+Evacuation+Claims+Act -
Apologies
Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 to victims and apologizing to them. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/History/S06%20-%20Civil%20Liberties%20Act%20of%201988.htm
