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Oscar Deolarte Social Studies:3, English:2 2/22/16 Relocation Camps Unjustified On December 7, 1942 the Japanese attacked an American naval base on Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. This surprise attack on the Pacific fleet left the West Coast open to a potential attack which could have no retaliation due to the decimated fleet numbers. The U.S government then issued Executive Order 9066, which required the relocation of the Japanese and anyone of Japanese descent living in the U.S. That leads us to the controversy surrounding the evacuation. Was the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II justified? The relocation of Japanese-Americans was unjustified because the Japanese were not a threat, it was not a military necessity, …show more content…

In Document A, Lt. Gen.J.L DeWitt's report on the Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, he states that the areas were the most Japanese people were relocated from where along the west coast and near critical army bases. People were afraid that they would sabotage American bases and aid Japan if they invaded. However the truth is that the Japanese-Americans were loyal to the U.S. In the Munson Report an investigation was launched to investigate the loyalty of the Japanese Americans. The Munson report states “ The Japanese are no threat.” Even if the Japanese tried to sabotage anything they would be easily recognized. “It would be hard for them to get near anything to blow up if it is guarded.”Furthermore the Japanese living along the coast are mostly fishermen and farmers with an occasional businessman. “He has no entree to plants or intricate machinery.” In other words the Japanese were simple farmers and fishermen who weren’t experts on machinery to be able to sabotage big military bases. However there is no doubt that there will be sabotage done, but it will be executed by imported agents from Japan not from the Japanese Americans. In conclusion the Japanese Americans were not a threat to the U.S and they were wrongly removed from their homes and alienated from the rest of the

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