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Japanese American Internment Camps. Anti-Japanese feelings in U.S. anger after Pearl Harbor public feared sabotage, spies violence against J-As; therefore “protection” needed. Feb. 1942: Executive Order 9066. ordered J-As on West Coast to internment camps. 110,000 interned
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Japanese American Internment Camps
Anti-Japanese feelings in U.S. • anger after Pearl Harbor • public feared sabotage, spies • violence against J-As; therefore “protection” needed
Feb. 1942: Executive Order 9066 • ordered J-As on West Coast to • internment camps • 110,000 interned • poor camp conditions • psychological trauma; economic loss • Supreme Court upheld camps
“ I remember my mother wrapping a blanket around me and my pretending to fall asleep so she would be happy, though I was so excited I couldn't sleep. I hear there were people herded into the HastingsParklike cattle. Families were made to move in two hours. Abandoned everything, leaving pets and possessions at gun point . . . ." — Joy Kogawa
1945: Camps closed ! • U.S. Compensation for Japanese Americans • 1968: reimbursed for lost property, income • 1988: surviving internees receive $20,000 (60,000 left)
Letter Sent to Japanese Americans In 1990 from President Bush Sr.