Japanese Internment Camps During Ww2

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The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who had lived on the Pacific coast. Sixty-two percent of the internees were United States citizens. This particular case took place due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the suspicion of the American people. There is however a rising question to the internment of these people. What is the true cause of their relocation? Some would say to keep the American people safe and ensure spies don 't tell of our plans. However, there are those who believe it was pure racism. Instead of relocating the japanese immigrants, America ordered the evacuation of all Japanese people living in the west coast. Imagine what it would be like if you had to move your …show more content…

How would you feel? For the Japanese Americans who were forced into internment, it was a nightmare that was made them feel helpless. Once an exclusion order was issued, Japanese Americans were given one week in which to register with the authorities, gather whatever possessions they could carry, and report to an assembly center nearby. The evacuees were made to sell their houses and their property. Racetracks and fairgrounds were used while they waited to be transported to their assigned internment camps. Throughout the war, interned Japanese Americans protested against their treatment and insisted that they be recognized as loyal Americans. Many sought to demonstrate their loyalty by trying to enlist in the armed forces. Although early in the war Japanese Americans were barred from military service, by 1943 the army had begun actively recruiting to join new all-Japanese American. These men however were usually put in the first lines of war and were usually killed

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