Japanese Internment
December 7th, 1941 was a day in history that would be remembered by all. The day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor will stay in our minds for as long as we live. After the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor the Americans had learned that there was a spy that enabled the Japanese to get such precise targeting on Pearl Harbor and destroy many of the ships. After the report of a spy being in Hawaii the United States decided that they would not take any chances and had made a suggestion of eliminating all of the Japanese Americans in the United States. Their acts were very similar to those of Hitler's, but without all of the murders.
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. They destroyed seven American battleships, and 121 aircraft, and killed 2,400 people. After the attack on Pearl Harbor President Roosevelt sent out a telegram letting everyone know what was happening and it stated “Washington, Dec. 7 (AP)-President Roosevelt said in a statement today that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from the air. The Attack of the Japanese also made on all naval and military “activities” on the island of Oahu.” The President’s brief statement was read to reporters by Stephen Early, presidential secretary. No further details were given immediately. At the time of the White House announcement, the Japanese Ambassadors Kiurisabora Nomura and Saburo Kurusu were at the State Department.” After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, America felt as if they couldn’t trust the Japanese Americans this is why they came up with the Japanese Internment Camps to protect themselves.
During WWII Germany was not the only country that was holding their citizens without justifiable cause. Pearl Harbor on O’ahu in Hawaii was attacked by Japanese warplanes on December 7th, 1941 causing a chain reaction that would destroy thousands more lives as the war developed within the United States. The unexpected attack led many Americans to fear that there would be another surprise attack. Leaders pressured President Roosevelt to do something about the Japanese who were living in the United States at the time. Roosevelt reacted with two executive orders to handle the prospective problem. Executive order 9066 was authorized on February 19th, 1942, giving military personnel the right to organize military supervised camps for the relocation of Japanese Americans. A month later the Executive Order 9102, authorized on March 18th, 1942, started the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Soon after the order was signed, 10 relocation camps were opened and Japanese Americans were quickly relocated.
“On February 19th, 1942 President Roosevelt signed into effect Executive Order 9066: an authorization for military authorities to exclude any and all persons from designated areas of the country as necessary for national defense (Jones, Par. 11).” This was the first strike in a round of racial exclusion that violated the Japanese's rights, abolished their faith in the American government, and interned them in a camp for up to four years. The Japanese internment camps were unethical and completely barbaric because they violated the Japanese's rights as individuals and as citizens of the United States, it was a violation of the justice system as well, they had no evidence to prove any of the Japanese were plotting against the United States, and finally, the internment played upon the racial prejudices aimed at the Japanese that were already ingrained in American society.
The military ordered Japanese citizens living in the west of to move closer inland.. But states refused to accept them, and the military had to issue an order requiring Japanese Americans to stay where they were. Then between March and June the military ordered them to leave their homes to report to relocation camps. There were many camps in the country the camps were very shoddily made. (1) “Each camp held between ten and eleven thousand people. A typical camp consisted of wooden barracks covered with tar paper, and each barrack was subdivided into one-room apartments. The apartments were furnished with army cots, blankets, and a light bulb.”(1)These conditions were very poor barely humain for the japanese citizens.
...erties from the Japanese Americans. The Anglos wanted the Japanese Americans to be interned so they could take the property left behind. This was a sign of greed, not an applicable explanation for interning them. There was no rationalization that Japanese Americans needed to be sent to internment camps for their own protection as well. There were never reports of Japanese Americans being attacked due to the war. Finally, there was the motivation of racial prejudice, which was absolutely ridiculous. Just because they had Japanese ancestry, one could not say that they were spies and fifth columnists. In all races of people, there could be good and bad characteristics. A human could not control their race, but he could make himself trustworthy. As has been indicated, there were no valid reasons for the government to intern the Japanese Americans during World War II.
The Japanese American Relocation in the U.S. was considered a dark time in which American will forever be ashamed of. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, a rash of fear about national security was launched. Many believed that there were Japanese spies in America, so President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 that would relocate all Japanese-Americans to designated areas in which they could be “protected” from harm of Americans who were against those of Japanese race. This order would intern around 110,000 to 120,000 Japanese-Americans. They lived in overcrowded areas and necessary supplies were often insufficient to meet the necessities of the internees. In 1942 a riot broke out that resulted in the death of two people and nine were wounded. One of the internees had said “ "If we were put there for our protection, why were the guns at the guard towers pointed inward, instead of outward?" Manifesting the realization that they were not placed in those camps to protect them but to protect non-Japanese Americans.
After the attack, the U.S. immediately lost trust for people living in the United States with Japanese ancestry. Because of the lack of trust the U.S. created a plan to protect the country which involved the evacuation of Japanese Americans. The camps made it possible for them to be watched closely if necessary.
One reason why this was unnecessary, was because innocent people were being forced out of their homes and put into another location. Internment camps are much like prison or some other type of detention, specifically during war. At the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing, America had gathered
Internment of Japanese Americans
In the midst of WWII, the U.S. trust of Japan spiraled downward as explosions flew over Pearl Harbor. On December 7,1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After the attacks, the Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps. They were removed from their homes, and placed in homes and camps on the Pacific Coast.