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Japanese Internment Camps
After the US was bombed at Pearl Harbor, Japanese internment camps (also called War Relocation Camps by the US government) were set up in parts of Canada and the US. Thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians were relocated to these internment camps, which were disbanded in 1945.
484 Questions
The government internment policy relocated thousands of Japanese Americans to camps located where?
Isolated locations
When did the Japanese Internment Camps end and why?
They ended towards the end of WW2; they were no longer necessary.
What were the conditions of the WW2 Japanese-American relocation camps?
The conditions of the Japanese Americans in WW2 were very harsh. When people tried to escape, they were shot. Not only that, but they were in very remote, desertlike places, with nowhere to escape to. The food was awful-rice with a sweet, syrupy sauce. According to the Japanese, rice was to be eaten with salty food. Oh well, I guess.
How did prisoners of Japanese internment camps feel?
I would imagine they would not have been overly happy about the situation and perhaps somewhat vexed.
Why were Japanese Americans sent to interment camps during ww1?
There was panic and near hysteria after Pearl Harbor. Many people feared a Japanese attack, with troops landing, on the west coast. The Japanese never had any plans to do any such thing, and had only attacked Hawaii to cripple the US Fleet, so the Fleet would be unable to interfere with Japanese conquests on the other side of the Pacific. But this was not understood at the time.
Only Japanese living in the west coast states were sent to camps. This was where the bulk of Japanese-Americans were living though. Any living in the central and eastern states were not interned. Hawaii was full of people of Japanese ancestry, and they were not interned either.
The reason was to prevent spying and sabotage by Japanese-Americans. A publicly announced reason was to protect the Japanese-Americans from attacks by their fellow (Caucasian) citizens. There may have been a few actual spies among the thousands interned. The concerns over sabotage were very large. The Nazis had just taken over Norway with the help of a "Fifth Column" of Norwegian Nazis, who betrayed their own country and helped the German invaders.
Where did the Japanese American internment Happen?
The forced relocation of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans in the United States to camps during world war ii" class='external' title="world war ii. On February 19, 1942, the U.S. Army, acting under an order signed by President Franklin d roosevelt" class='external' title="Franklin d roosevelt (and ratified by Congress a month later), ordered nearly 120, 000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans into internment camps located in the central regions of the United States. Lawsuits were subsequently filed by Japanese Americans who claimed that their civil rights as U.S. citizens had been violated. However, the U.S. Supreme Court steadfastly upheld the legality of the evacuations. In 1983, a team of attorneys reopened cases resulting from the internment policy because of findings that the government's lawyers had suppressed evidence and made false statements in their original presentation to the Supreme Court. Lower courts overturned two wartime convictions. In 1988, Congress provided for partial restitution payments of $20, 000 to each of the 60, 000 survivors of the internment camps.
The forced relocation of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans in the United States to camps during world war ii" class='external' title="world war ii. On February 19, 1942, the U.S. Army, acting under an order signed by President Franklin d roosevelt" class='external' title="Franklin d roosevelt (and ratified by Congress a month later), ordered nearly 120, 000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans into internment camps located in the central regions of the United States. Lawsuits were subsequently filed by Japanese Americans who claimed that their civil rights as U.S. citizens had been violated. However, the U.S. Supreme Court steadfastly upheld the legality of the evacuations. In 1983, a team of attorneys reopened cases resulting from the internment policy because of findings that the government's lawyers had suppressed evidence and made false statements in their original presentation to the Supreme Court. Lower courts overturned two wartime convictions. In 1988, Congress provided for partial restitution payments of $20, 000 to each of the 60, 000 survivors of the internment camps. Well this all would not have happened if Japanese peps did not cum and hurt Americans
What did the executive order 9066 say?
WHEREAS the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104);
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to provide for residents of any such area who are excluded therefrom, such transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the said Military Commander, and until other arrangements are made, to accomplish the purpose of this order. The designation of military areas in any region or locality shall supersede designations of prohibited and restricted areas by the Attorney General under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, and shall supersede the responsibility and authority of the Attorney General under the said Proclamations in respect of such prohibited and restricted areas.
I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the restrictions applicable to each Military area hereinabove authorized to be designated, including the use of Federal troops and other Federal Agencies, with authority to accept assistance of state and local agencies.
I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services.
This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas hereunder.
Rumor is some of the war veterans called it jap hill, due to it reminded them of the Japanese soldiers would bunker themselves in the side of hills in WWII, US soldiers would radio planes to spot Japanese soldiers bunkered in the hills,US soldiers told them to check that hill for japs or see if that's a jap hill. When US soldiers came back and moved to grand terrace the hill reminded them of some of the hills back in japan.
What are some of the quotes in Farewell to Manzanar?
Some quotes are:
1) This was the first time I had felt outright hostility from a Caucasian.
2) Tolerance had turned to distrust and irrational fear.
3) The simple truth is the camp was no more ready for us when we got there than we were ready for it.
KASHIWAZAKI, NIIGATA CITIZEN KENJI INOMATA MAKES INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AS THE ONLY JAPANESE HONORABLY EXEMPTED FROM AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR II
Kenji Inomata aka Inomata Kingi was the only one out of 110,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry who was "honorably" exempted from America's WWII Japanese concentration camps on the West Coast and in the interior and who lived in Los Angeles with his hapa family. Unlike Korematsu, Hirabayashi, Yasui, and other Japanese who sued the US government and lost, incredibly, he obtained liberation without litigation. It is a fascinating story. He was first exempted in 1942 by United States Attorney William Fleet Palmer. He was exempted yet a second time, including his family, in September of 1942 under the U.S. Army's racist Mixed Marriage Policy. There was no travel restriction or curfew imposed, nor was he asked to spy on behalf of the government.
It was not easy being Japanese in the hornet's nest of wartime Los Angeles and his family paid a price with regard to prejudice and vigilante violence. However, he lived without barbed wire, without spotlights and without a gun tower facing him.
He was born in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan in the same city as Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese general who orchestrated the attack on Pearl Harbor. These two men were born a year apart. While Admiral Yamamoto was the most hated and despised Japanese man during WWII, Inomata was, conversely, embraced, trusted and given the key to the city. I recognize that it is difficult to believe but it is verifiably true. For starters, in the official government publication, "FINAL REPORT: JAPANESE EVACUATION FROM THE WEST COAST - 1942", General John Lesesne DeWitt wrote:
"Only one full blooded Japanese male, a citizen of the U.S. was authorized to
reside in the evacuated area. A special exemption was made in his case
because of long and honorable service in the U.S. Navy." (pp. 145-147)
The full story appears in a book entitled: Pure Winds, Bright Moon The Untold Story of the Stately Steward and His Hapa Family Beautiful. Author Kinji Inomata, Stately Steward Publications, March 15, 2013. See more at the Related Links below.
A formal apology was made by the US government in 1968. Congress passed legislation in 1988 that awarded $20,000 to every surviving internee-approximately 60,000 Japanese Americans. i just wrote a paper for my English class on the subject. :D hope that helped you! -bri horton
Name of warden Corcoran Stat Prison Corcoran CA?
straight from the gov listing Derral G. Adams, Warden Physical Address: 4001 King Avenue Corcoran, CA 93212 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8800 Corcoran, CA 93212-8309 (559) 992-8800
Did president Eisenhower authorize the Japanese internment?
No. Ike was not president when the Japanese-Americans were interned: Franklin Roosevelt was, and he did authorize it.
He also authorized interning German-Americans and Italian-Americans - many in Montana, and many in Texas. I do not know why we do not hear about these interned citizens.
Were there jobs at the Japanese internment camp in minidoka Idaho?
Yes there was harsh filthy jobs. Most of them were bad jobs, although some people were cooks, teachers, and things people did in the real world.
What type of violence occurred at Japanese internment camps?
In 1968, the My Lai Massacre happened when Lieutenant William Calley, Jr., entered the small village of My Lai in northern south Vietnam in search of Vietcong rebels. Finding no sign, all the troops rounded up a group of more than 100 innocent Vietnamese people, (mostly women and children) and massacred them all. The troops insisted the were following orders from Lieutenant William Calley Jr.
Why were Japanese internment camps bad?
Japanese people were taken away from things that they loved. It was obvious that the Japanese Americans were loyal to the United States and were citizens of the country. Finally internment camps we made for the Japanese only since they were not entirely white. Germans and Italians were not singled out to be in the internment camps because they were white even though the United States were fighting against Italy and Germany too. So this shows discrimination(segregation).
Where did women and children in the Japanese internment camps go?
My grandpa was interned when he was 9. His family did not wish to go back to California due to the racism and they had lost their home when they were forced to evacuate. Instead, they went to New Jersey because they were offered low paying jobs in factories. Many companies took advantage of the thousand of internees and their situations. Because the internees were forced to sell everything when they evacuated many had to start over completely and they did not wish to start over in the place that they had been kicked out of.
