No, he was not in WW2. He was too old at the time. He mainly was a nature photographer and known for his photos of Yosemite.
The Japanese Internment in the United States started in 1942, during World War II.
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. This internment occurred even if they were no threat.
No it was not - they were American citizens who had done nothing wrong. They were not fighting on the Japanese side during the war. The internment was caused by fear and racism.
The end of the war made internment camps no longer neccssary or logical
"Japanese-American internment" where US citizens sere forcibly relocated into what was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" : Executive Order 9066 .
The largest Japanese Internment Camp built during World War 2 was the Oikawa camp in Nevada. It held approximately 50,000 people against their will during the war.
the Japanese Americans.
Internment Camps
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment with Executive Order 9066 .
See: Japanese American internment
When the Japanese Canadians were sent to the internment camps, their property was sold by the government of Canada in order to fund the internment. After the war, most of the Japanese Canadians had nothing to return to in B.C. so they started a new life in other provinces.
Japanese internment camps sprung up during World War Two. These camps relocated 110,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a factor in the development of these camps.