The United States was justified in moving the Japanese Americans because some lived near vital naval bases that they could have infiltrated, there was no problem in doing so, and it would protect all citizens of America. Allegiance: A New Musical Inspired by a True Story. http://allegiancemusical.com/. . https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/c.php?g=248894&p=1657724. Ringle, Ken. }i1}o#^+_.P";@Y@y(S#QNSq1Y4L]^{@?'eW.O8pgw^I g0R,Ow5Mqe/FaE&IS[\:=vWu;8{E~|rF|p9_.z}'8'?LQaTBtL[oL]AB8TS5%(Zb\Xs-,y Z68>_+wP7.v53bb@ z$M^, ULW K5xx1sz9E(n4Mg^Rv]'H#gHbG%Z#h~ ;w\%BTB|PHYg:p(nRC6\x9E0q[Iti^6&=l>ZqE2QnnXWE'PI!p~d)1+H5V?]mxZb S] Jh)y[E"H#Yqto:v;>`9}~;/eC C8} }\eT!R^K^ym)Sfs. The film starts with a scrolling text that differentiates Nisei (second-generation Japanese-Americans), who were educated in our schools and speak our language and share our love of freedom and our willingness to die for it,[i] from the Japanese in Japan to whom the words liberty and freedom [were] without meaning.[ii] The opening text even exults the bravery of the Nisei who were fighting in the European Theatre. https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/. It was the first time in a long time that America was attacked on its homeland. % a farmer, a fisherman or a small businessman. Many of them were American Citizens but their crime was being of Japanese ancestry. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/. Despite the towns opinions of him, he stays kind and spreads the gospel of good music motivation through all kinds of danger. Munson's final report went to the president on November 7. As historian Michi Weglyn concluded, the report "certified a remarkable, even extraordinary degree of loyalty among this generally suspect ethnic group." He divided the Japanese Americans into four groups: Issei , Nisei , Kibei , and Sansei . 9066, which let the military remove Japanese-Americans or anyone of the Japanese decent ,and have them relocated into internment camps. A third photographer of Manzanar was evacuee and photographer Toyo Miyatake. They were shipped off to remote locations in the more barren sections of the country. %PDF-1.3 This resulted over 127,000 people of Japanese descent relocate across the country in the Japanese Internment camps. Impromptu baseball game at Santa Anita Assembly Center, President Gerald R. Ford Signing a Proclamation Confirming the Termination ofExecutiveOrder9066in the Cabinet Room. Published August 5, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/us/06internment.html. All rights reserved. On February 19th, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which forced all Japanese Americans living in the West Coast to be evacuated from the area and relocated to internment camps all across the United States, where they would be imprisoned. MUNSON'S REPORT"JAPANESE ON THE WEST COAST", a week each in the 11th, 12th and 13th Naval Though American citizens they are not accepted by Americans, Published August 21, 2011. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-internment-of-japanese-americans/100132/. Digital History>eXplorations>Japanese American Internment>The Decision to Intern>The Munson Report, The Document Granada, Heart Mountain, Rohwer, and Topaz are National Historic Landmarks. [xvi]. WebNovember 1941 - Munson Report released (Document B). Their findings were published in 1982 in a report entitled Personal Justice Denied. [ix], Entitled Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas, the Order began with the words, Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage. [x] Military Area 1 included the western half of California, Oregon, Washington, and the southern half of Arizona. [xxviii] IRVIN MOLOTSKY and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees, The New York Times, published April 21, 1988. In any consideration [v] Curtis Munson, The Munson Report, published in November 1941, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm. WebDepartment Curtis B. Munson carried out the investigation in October and November of 1941 and presented what came to be known as the Munson Report to the President on Japanese Relocation and InternmentNARA Resources. The National Archives. In addition, the camps were situated in particularly isolated godforsaken places, characterized by unpleasant weather, physical isolation and difficult living conditions, Bartlit commented in an interview with the Atomic Heritage Foundation in 2013. The NISEI - Who do you think the audience was for this newsreel? They are quite fearful of being put in a concentration camp. was all the same. to the United States. https://www.afsc.org/document/afsc-oral-history-project-japanese-american-internment. Privately, they believe Know Your EnemyJapan. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496831/Know-Your-Enemy-Japan/full-synopsis.html. there has been absolutely no bad feeling between the Japanese WWII Internment Timeline. PBS. Munson's report was submitted to the White House on November 7, 1941, exactly one month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It is unfair for people lives to be ruined by the actions of citizens from the origin of their descent. There are still Japanese in the United States who will tie dynamite Densho ID: ddr-densho-67-5. This event in history is important because it. Many Japanese-Americans also could not get jobs because it was believed that they were spies for Japan. https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/. 00FeF, G$O.dxQysOC_9UWe]]^m8{t{7FyiG{%O|7oNmn0,jnT=8h>pd>[?>|\c |__E,uP*rt"i:,r7Se{WU{n!w&__nWy6>,NeWMcn6!a/g^VHY\X)_o hard-working Japanese. Many would take out American citizenship if allowed to do so. Youtube. [xi]. Just as the Germans developed concentration camps for the Jewish during World War II, the Americans set up "relocation" programs better known as internment camps to keep all the Japanese. Oral History. Densho Encyclopedia. Taylor, Alan. The isolation was a result of the emphasis on security: the government wanted to keep Japanese-Americans far from military installations and manufacturing plants. have brought up children here, their wealth accumulated by hard While it may seem like semantics, there are legal and historical distinctions between evacuation and internment. Furthermore, defining these terms adds another layer of nuance and complexity to the treatment of Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans and their experiences during World War II. The United States feared that theyre could have been Japanese spies inside America so the government relocated most Japanese immigrants to camps. We Even though this film was released 3 years after Executive Order 9066, it illustrates the fear and suspicion of people with Japanese ancestry that led to President Roosevelts order to evacuate Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) and Japanese-Americans to relocation centers two months after Pearl Harbor. Which made More than 110,000 Japanese in the U.S to relocate to internment camps for reason of national security. back with an added loyalty to the United States, It all weaves up into a sinister [xv] Everett M. Rogers and Nancy R. Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II: When sons of the Land of Enchantment met sons of the Land of the Rising Sun (Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2005), 155. Seelye, Kathrine Q. endstream endobj startxref They are not oriental or mysterious, they are Updated April 10, 2017. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation. The Issei, 2005. The average valley width index was 9.1 HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date: 11/14/2007 Survey Date: 7/31/2007 REACH 1 REACH 1T02S-R09W-S28SE OREGON DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MUNSON CREEK In a word, Hawaii is more of a They are foreigners to Japan. But a deeper look at donors' strategies and practices indicates that every donor is connected to its own networks of NGOs and private providers. The Intelligence Services are generous with the -- This is an important division of the NISEI. well-disciplined family life of their elders, The Kibei are considered the most dangerous element, come -- First generation of Japanese. They are in constant conflict with the orthodox, well disciplined MOLOTSKY, IRVIN, and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. Transcript of Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942). www.ourdocuments.gov. The internees started to. The largest of these temporary detention centers held 18,000 residents and was located at the Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles, California, where evacuees were moved into horse stalls. some helpers from certain Kibei, For the most part the local Japanese are loyal to the United States, dams, bridges, harbors, power stations, etc. after old Japan. ;O? Nash, Nathan C. WASHINGTON TALK: CONGRESS; Seeking Redress for an Old Wrong. The New York Times. Such fear lead to innocent Japanese Americans to live in a way that could be considered inhuman. and the Chinese in the islands due to the Japanese-Chinese war. World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans. The Atlantic. WebSpecial Representative of the State Department Curtis B. Munson carried out the investigation in October and November of 1941 and presented what came to be known as The FBIs ABC List allowed for the interment ofGerman, Italian, and Japanese aliens, starting from December 7, 1941 to the end of the war. [xii] WWII Internment Timeline, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html, accessed September 28, 2018. Accessed September 28, 2018. The biggest hardships they faced were their treatment by the American people as well as by the American government after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. very American and are of a proud, self-respecting race suffering No. Locating the SiteMap 2: War Relocation Centers in the United States. National Park Services. The Issei have to break with their religion, their god In the 1970s, Asian-American political figures such as Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii and Congressmen Norman Y. Mineta of San Jose and Robert T. Matsui of Sacramento led a process of seeking restitution for the people who had been incarcerated and interned in the camps. MATSUI, Robert T. History, Art & ArchivesUnited States House of Representatives. Evacuees also organized to create Japanese language classes and other programming to maintain their culture. The KIBEI WebView Copy_of_InternmentDBQ from UNKNOWN HISTORY at Long Beach City College. group, They are in constant conflict with the orthodox, they are going to get a square deal and some of them are really [xxxii] Relocation centers included Tule Lake, Manzanar, Poston, Gila River, Topaz, Minidoka, Heart Mountain, Granada, Jerome, and Rohwer. They are eager for this contact of Japanese Americans. 0 It is the aim https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html. (Howard 3). The United States government hoped that the internment camps could make it self-sufficient by farming to produce food. Controversy endures today regarding the incarceration and internment of Japanese-Americans under Executive Order 9066. In case we 14. Many young Japanese there are fully as open and frank and at ease SUMMARY OF REPORT ON PROGRAM FOR LOYAL WEST COAST JAPANESE. - Why is the date of the Munson report important? $20,000 did not even cover what they had lost in terms of careers. This is the term https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/17/us/washington-talk-congress-seeking-redress-for-an-old-wrong.html, http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/, https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm, https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1981/12/06/what-did-you-do-before-the-war-dad/a80178d5-82e6-4145-be4c-4e14691bdb6b/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fceb80844ab, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/us/06internment.html, https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-internment-of-japanese-americans/100132/, https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74&page=transcript, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-america-s-largest-internment-camp-n535086, https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html, https://www.afsc.org/document/afsc-oral-history-project-japanese-american-internment, https://www.bijac.org/index.php?p=HISTORYExclusionInternment, https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/bainbridge-island-japanese-american-exclusion-memorial.htm, https://hyperallergic.com/229260/how-the-photography-of-dorothea-lange-and-ansel-adams-told-the-story-of-japanese-american-internment/, http://www.tellingstories.org/internment/index.html, https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html, http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496831/Know-Your-Enemy-Japan/full-synopsis.html, https://densho.org/category/oral-history/. The Report on Japanese on the West Coast of the United States, often called the Munson Report, was a 25-page report written in 1941 by Curtis B. Munson, a Chicago businessman commissioned as a special representative of the State Department, on the sympathies and loyalties of Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States, particularly California. The food was excellent. [xviii]. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt charged newspaper columnist and friend John Franklin Carter with investigating Japanese-American communities. Japanese-American citizen who talks to you wholly openly until than on the mainland. After the attack, President Roosevelt and congress declared war on Japan, with America declaring war on Japan , Japanese-Americans suffered immensely. Personal justice denied: report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The decision by these many people was a grueling and tough decision, but they knew it would benefit them in the long run. (1) A date night is an opportunity to communicate, and this communication may help couples deepen their understanding of one another and the relationship.. Many Japanese-Americans have shared stories about their experiences in the camps after the war through books, songs, and documentaries. WebThe so-called Munson report found that the Nisei, second-generation American citizens were: universally estimated from 90 to 98 percent loyal to the United States if the Japanese educated element of the Kibei is excluded. WebC.B. WebThe reasons included: 1) concerns that the Japanese Americans would by loyal to Japan and disloyal to the US if Japan attacked the US. Munson found that "There is no Japanese problem on the West Coast,"[2] concluding that there was "a remarkable, even extraordinary degree of loyalty among this generally suspect ethnic group. December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs U.S. ships and planes at the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii. As historians Everett Rogers and Nancy Barlit observe: This terminology implied that the Japanese-Americans were simply being relocated from the West Coast to other parts of the country. 2. D and E- Group read (reciprocal teaching), Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, - Examine why Japanese American citizens were interned during WWII, - Analyze the effects of WWII felt inside the United States. Report and Suggestions Regarding Handling the Japanese Question on the Coast, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/sources/en-denshopd-i67-00005-1/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Munson_Report&oldid=1123623851, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, C. B. Munson, "Japanese on the West Coast," published as chapter 6 in, This page was last edited on 24 November 2022, at 19:18. Updated November 17, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/worldwarii/internment.htm. Myer, Director of the WRA, wrote: The evacuees are not internees. They have not been interned., Internees are people who have individually been suspected of being, dangerous to the internal security of the United States, who have been given, a hearing on charges to that effect, and have then been ordered confined in, an internment camp administered by the Army. [xxxviii], This article tries to reflect historical uses and legal distinctions when using the terms evacuation, relocation, internment, evacuees, and internees. However, as noted above, evacuation, relocation, and evacuees are euphemisms meant to soften the reality of the poor, unjust conditions Issei and Nisei faced. It began more than a hundred years ago (Sandler, 2013, p. 6). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcE9D3mn0Q. According to the Munson Report, there really was no Japanese Problem on the Coast (Munson 2). Although 8,000 Japanese escaped to the east coast, most of the minority stayed since it was symbolic of their loyalty to the United States and ultimately rebuild the broken trust. It will be hard for them to get used by the Japanese to signify those American born Japanese who % endstream endobj 40 0 obj <>stream (Japanese Americans at Manzanar) The internment lasted for 3 years and the last camp did not close until 1946. Norman Mineta. Densho Encyclopedia. ON C.B. the United States and usually, in spite of discrimination against WebThe report also should have resolved any fears about the security of the West Coast as well. In November 1941, Munson sent Carter a report that concluded that [t]here will be no wholehearted response from the Japanese in the United States to support the https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/the-art-of-gaman-arts-and-crafts-from-the-j/, Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive, National Archives collection regarding Japanese Relocation in WWII. It was one of the saddest moments in America that the government of America took actions on innocent people just because their heritage. Age group -- 1 to 30 years. They are beginning to feel that near anything to blow up if it is guarded. Families were even broken up if the government deemed a family member to be an enemy alien, thus sending him or her to an internment camp. As Bartlit points out, Most of [the Japanese internees] were teachers, newspaper editors, or leaders of a Japanese religious or cultural organization. Unlike relocation centers, internment camps fell under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. 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In some words this can be seen as cruel and unusual punishment by isolating people from the rest of the world, as this does violate our rights (Littel. The Japanese had to suffer the consequences of their attack. AFSC Oral History Project: Japanese American Internment. American Friends Service Committee. melting pot because there are more brown skins to melt -- Japanese, The WRA was in charge of evacuees. There were ten internment camps were placed in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas(History.com). It is easy to get on the suspect list, merely As well, the difference in food quality was so noticeable that Hironori Tanaka, who was incarcerated at Lake Tule then interned at Fort Lincoln internment camp, wrote to his family about the food was a huge improvement over Tule Lake . [xiii] There was not enough housing in the assembly centers, so the government built military-style barracks in nearby parking lot complexes to house everyone. It was not very far from where Dorothy McKibbin had her office at 109 E. Palace Avenue., The WRA also commissioned photographers to document life at camps. their religion, their god and Emperor, their family, their ancestors protection or wholehearted acceptance of this group would go a [xiv] War Relocation Authority, Densho Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/, accessed September 26, 2018. %%EOF Japanese residents of the west coast had a weeks notice to bring and grab only what they could carry to an unknown location. @%ArfE}'2OU_LwWeeeTVn*NcL|Y+~uoP[e-x\c).)\_8TX7Jo7[s{My]y(-?u#)mFc+}CT};N?md'n59MU,anE]we8!%$(Sy =)?{_?7]( 6w~(io? [xxxix] Power of Words Handbook: A Guide to Language about Japanese Americans in World War II, The Japanese American Citizens League, published April 27, 2013, https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf. almost pathetically exuberant. Himel, Yoshinori H.T. On February 5, 1942, Stimson sent a copy of the Munson Report to President Roosevelt, along with a memo stating that War Department officials had carefully studied the document. However Executive Order 9066, ordering the internment of Japanese Americans, was signed on February 19. When the Japanese Americans migrated to the United States they were not welcomed with open arms. -- The Third generation of Japanese is a baby and may be disregarded Without mentioning it, Know Your Enemy seemed to implicitly justify the relocation and internment of Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans throughout the war. Ichikawa, Akiko. from Communists and people of the Bridges type on the Coast than They Americans Misuse of Internment. Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Daniel K. Inouye, A Feature Biography. United States Senate. - What were some of the reasons for internment offered in the newsreel? "Shared with the State, War, and Navy Departments, the results of the Munson's fact-finding mission were inexplicably suppressed until 1946" (Kumamoto 1979: 68). In doing so, the army and government took the precaution to create the internment of Japanese-Americans. Jerome is now mostly private farmland. that the Nisei should police themselves, and as a result police The beginning of everything that the Japanese citizens of our nation had to endure,was the bombing of an American Naval Base. As on the mainland they are inclined to At these assembly centers, Japanese-Americans were processed by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which had been established for this express purpose. It must Evacuation and relocation were the preferred terms of the time used when referring to the removal of all people with Japanese ancestry, including Americans, as ordered by Executive Order 9066. Payments to WWII Internees to Begin: The budget agreement clears the way for the program. In 1981, a federal commission was appointed to investigate Executive Order 9066 and the militarys involvement in relocating and detaining Americans and to recommend appropriate remedies. A Wall to Remember an Eras First Exiles. The New York Times. https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html. Updated September 28, 2018. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74&page=transcript. And so it was, on July 24, 2019 nearly 18 years after the horrific attacks that traumatized a nation and changed the world forever the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District, which oversees a volunteer fire department serving a hamlet of 30,000 residents just outside of Queens, New York, became the first legislative body in the WebAccording to the Munson Report, there really was no Japanese Problem on the Coast (Munson 2). The Japanese American Citizens League should be encouraged, the [ix] Interning Japanese Americans, National Park Services, updated November 17, 2016, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/worldwarii/internment.htm. loyal to the United States if the Japanese-educated element of The Japanese were farmers, fisherman, and small business owners. !AwO2Bp+|pj4}tn258q)Qg&==x4Lf&,No"NN,I'8T0"=Y$|Ad'OBV{e~Ks /%?h>6]RWg`7q&jUaGC[C6jnns3ndiI33 xX{xT_{sf& fbBP0% j$!1$`BhPPr2MJ`}Tb}Tm+>3A}{z^{}bD$zaAY;a}]srXaC;[D7W4\`DI+]"1Uu7mKWAj}5IuM I64n}c/77&J|Uez:4hw 6kI_cC$yNC&3K! Munson's "Report and Suggestions Regarding Handling the Japanese Question on the Coast," Dec. 20, 1941. hb```f``e`e`; B@1V XCR@YR4Z^m'~z Hk8D*fKry\L @, dd(j8 LyGy2Tp13,r!=%qLAN f`Zg0 /. Why or why not? A Brief History of Japanese American Relocation During World War II. National Park Service. American military intelligence had broken top secret Japanese military codes, and a September 24, 1941 message indicated that Pearl Harbor was a possible target of a Japanese attack. the Kibei is excluded. Approximately 120,000 people were sent to the camps and the event lasted through the years 1942 and 1945. education in the United States and returned to Japan for four In March, the Wartime Civil Control Administration ordered Japanese-Americans in Washington, California, Oregon and Arizona to report to 16 assembly centers. Also the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) suggested that there was a greater risk of Germans and Italians on the West Coast, rather than Japanese-Americans. Published April 21, 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/21/us/senate-votes-to-compensate-japanese-american-internees.html. Updated July 29, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/dorothea-lange-gallery.htm. under absolute Federal control. In 1942, WRA photographer Dorothea Lange took photos at the Manzanar relocation center of the barracks being constructed and the uncertain early days of Japanese incarceration. endstream endobj 37 0 obj <>/Pages 34 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 38 0 obj <>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0 36.105896 594.959961 806.054077]/Type/Page>> endobj 39 0 obj <>stream [xix] Ironically, this contradicted the spirit of keeping Japanese-Americans away from military installments. )W3\ { #-TmrIF Japanese Relocation During World War II. The National Archives. They are The document state that if there is an uprising amongst the Japanese it will likely be from imported agents. A racist is usually known as a person who judges people of another race or ethnicity in bad ways. They moved the Japanese-Americans for a reason. While it is seldom on the mainland that you find even a college-educated They must be considered, that there is no danger from the Japanese living in the United States. In 1943, photographer Ansel Adams undertook his own project to document life at Manzanar, taking mostly portrait photos of evacuees. Many things indicate that There is far more [xii] They were told to only bring what they could carry in their hands, which was usually one suitcase. Five ways date nights may strengthen couples are outlined by the report. Updated February 16, 2017. https://www.nps.gov/places/japanese-american-memorial-to-patriotism-during-world-war-ii.htm. Published April 27, 2013. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf. are not what they used to be. "@ C`BF IJBM@e$AF@!w>%@xc/:/jt1F jF&mq"8M2y? Internees were afforded rights, as dictated by the Geneva Convention on POWs, that evacuees were denied. grant this, but today they are few. Z8tKny%P%Sw18n +'%] XHZe, etLGZr'Bi2!AX:};a iQ!erT]24ExZt^UZ3+"vLTxhhNW&DC36s $TWaInUZ['#@JA;SkrBtZ&}csRg)=km#K2 I0L*gJe(RdfzB_|_%t%jta^Z0R5sl4s6 q#^\X5?EDv JFEOx^hD-MW#aIf$/$WHrYjjr3fk\[R(O.be'N 0UrJ*.R8^~#nbp,PeX=Ad[=l/d[qsj_cs*azcQJZ/CF5ke(c3QoRqfS A)**d9^g* 9EMP{jIX9+.2 +//SGx_g!8 v.rWti]xEUk ;)QN`. He has no entree On February 5, 1942, Stimson sent a copy of the Munson Report to President Roosevelt, along with a memo stating that War Department officials had carefully studied the document. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> In each Naval District there are about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance. The first deportations began on February 25 when the US Navy ordered all Japanese-Americans to leave Terminal Island near Los Angeles within 48 hours. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press. Japanese Americans were taken by bus and train to assembly centers such as racetracks and fairgrounds, after this there were camps were created in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. World War II had broken out with the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the German invasion of Poland in 1939. The oldest survivors will be the first to receive the $20,000 checks, The LA Times, published October 1, 1990, http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-01/news/mn-1299_1_budget-agreement. His report concluded that Japanese Americans https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation. five L.A. 4 0 obj About 7,000 Issei were interned and about 5,000 Nisei were stripped of their U.S. citizenship and declared to be aliens. The Smith Act of 1918 gave the U.S. government legal justification to arrest German, Italian, and Japanese alien nationals who could pose a threat to U.S. national security. 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