because many Americans feared that Japanese American were spies

Happy Camp, CA is a town, there was a CCC camp nearby the town.

yes all of them did

it began in the year 1942 and ended in 1946

This happened during World War II after the Japanese attacked the US base in Hawaii when Franklin Roosevelt was president.

Japanese internment was obviously immoral, but internees did receive free health care (including free glasses and dentures if they needed them), were mostly treated humanely, and received decent portions of food daily.

1942 - 1946 .

Chariots of Fire

A Japanese internment camp was where Japanese and Japanese Americans were housed during World War II. Japanese Americans were stripped of their possessions and taken to camps with just the minimum needed to live. Even young children were taken.

I was generally interested in Japanese interment because I wanted to know what there involvement was in the great depression. I learned that during February 19th the anniversary of a sad day in American history. It was on that date in 1942, in the midst of the response to the hostilities that began on December 7, 1941, that Executive Order 9066 was issued, subsequently enforced by the criminal penalties of a statute enacted March 21, 1942, resulting in the uprooting of loyal Americans. Over one hundred thousand persons of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes, detained in special camps, and eventually relocated. The tremendous effort by the War Relocation Authority and concerned Americans for the welfare of these Japanese-Americans may add perspective to that story, but it does not erase the setback to fundamental American principles. Fortunately, the Japanese-American community in Hawaii was spared the indignities suffered by those on our mainland. We now know what we should have known then--not only was that evacuation wrong, but Japanese-Americans were and are loyal Americans. On the battlefield and at home, Japanese-Americans -- names like Hamada, Mitsumori, Marimoto, Noguchi, Yamasaki, Kido, Munemori and Miyamura -- have been and continue to be written in our history for the sacrifices and the contributions they have made to the well-being and security of our nation.

I can't think of any reason not to have distrusted anyone in the Japanese community at that time, since it quickly became known that valuable intelligence was passed back to Japan from Pearl Harbor during the December 7,'41 sneak attack, by simple telephone calls back to their homeland from some Japanese residents nearby.

Any Military History reader can tell you of various Japanese plans and actual attempts to bomb the North American mainland. Any telephoned reports, confirmations, or plain gossip and local news etc. would have been a valuable asset to our enemy during the war. The German community in North America was actively trying to discourage Americans and Canadians from thinking about contributing to the war effort of the British people, early in the war. The Japanese sneak attack awakened North America to the possible and highly probable danger from within.

One apple can spoil the whole barrel, we like to say. Thus the wartime internment was necessary for national security, in order to save North American lives.

The hard lesson the British civilian population learned, was that loose lips actually sank ships during the war.

See: Japanese American internment

Mike46 says: "After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America declared war on Japan, then all the Japanese Immigrants living in the US at the time became suspect as possible enemy combatants or people who could aid and abet the enemy (Japan) so they were all rounded up and placed in internment camps where an eye could be kept on them. "

Immigrants were only a portion of the ethnic Japanese that were targeted. Most were US citizens, and many of those were born in the US.

This is unfortunate, as the text of Executive Order 9066 did not even mention internment or any ethnic group. It can be noted that other ethnic minorities that were suspect, including Italian and German, were not only detained but also many interned.

The executive order states that military commanders may "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 that provision for those that had been excluded include "transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary", further explained as "furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services".

It was written in such a way as to sound temporary with regard to provisions and services, as it states "until other arrangements are made" implying the implementation should be immediate and the other arrangements would be developed over time (by the various executive departments) to meet the more long term needs or possibly reparations of any excluded persons.

The way the military commanders and their other governmental partners used their authority speaks about the underlying fears and suspicion.

Fear! Many believed there were spys in the masses of Japanese-Americans who lived along the California coasts. Others believed they would sabotage Hoover Dam or defense plants. Still others though they might cause an uprising and try to take over governments. All were false, many Japanese-Americans served in the military fighting in Europe, others were translators for units in the Pacific. Translation was not only being able to read and speak the language, but understanding the culture.

there are 39 diffrent Japanese internment camps

ALL survived. but the question is where they went.

In 1942.

They were in use in the early 1900's.

They didn't influence the outcome of WW2. The outcome was influenced by productivity and firepower.

About 120,000 Japanese-Americans, 3/4 LOYAL Americans (Nisei).