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Minidoka War Relocation CenterHigh angle view of the huts of the Minidoka War Relocation Center in the Magic Valley, Jerome County, Idaho, 4th November 1942. Approximately 9,000 Japanese Americans were detained at Minidoka, one of ten American internment camps during World War II. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)s)

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Japanese Internment Camps

Executive Order 9066 On February 19, 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the stated intention of preventing espionage on American shores. Military zones were created in California, Washington and Oregon—states with a large population of Japanese Americans. Then Roosevelt’s executive order forcibly removed […]

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Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Combat Team hike up a muddy French road to their new bivouac area, October 14, 1944.

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How a Japanese American Regiment Rescued WWII’s ‘Lost Battalion’

The Nisei soldiers of the 442nd became the most highly decorated regiment in U.S. military history for its size and length of service.

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These Japanese American Linguists Became America’s Secret Weapon During WWII

Nisei members of the Military Intelligence Service were discriminated against by their own country—even as they worked to protect it.

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How Two Japanese Americans Fought Nazis Abroad—and Prejudice at Home

Frank Wada and Don Seki fought in the 442nd all-Nisei Regiment—remembered as the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military.

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U.S. Propaganda Film Shows ‘Normal’ Life in WWII Japanese Internment Camps

The U.S. government, for its part, tried to assure the rest of the country that its policy was justified, and that those Japanese Americans forced to live in the prison camps were happy.

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