this loyalty. Interning Japanese Americans. National Park Services. group, They are in constant conflict with the orthodox, We 14. It must However, until the camps were fully build, the Japanese people were held in temporary centers. [vi] Ken Ringle, What Did You Do Before The War, Dad? The Washington Post, published December 6, 1981, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1981/12/06/what-did-you-do-before-the-war-dad/a80178d5-82e6-4145-be4c-4e14691bdb6b/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fceb80844ab. Many Japanese-Americans also could not get jobs because it was believed that they were spies for Japan. All rights reserved. In fear that the Japanese may attack the weakened west coast, President Roosevelt signed an order, known as Executive Order No. The SANSEI In fact it is a saying that all a Nisei Densho ID: ddr-densho-67-5. Coast than there is from Japanese.". https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89locate2.htm. 1) Encourage the Nisei (American-born Japanese) by a statement from, MEMORANDUM ]7`=-eVDYt; yv*{((rp+i-?'n The conditions of the camps where no way of life and Japanese Americans were forced to live in an undignified life that, It wasnt very long after Pearl Harbor that we succumbed to fear of the Japanese here in America, thinking they were spies, and still loyal their ancestral land. % The whole time, they were under the watchful eyes of armed military police. They are in constant conflict with the orthodox, well disciplined Americans Misuse of Internment. Seattle Journal for Social Justice. after old Japan. like their European counterparts, they were willing to risk everything to begin life anew in what was regarded as a golden land of opportunity (Sandler, 2013, p. 6). They never got to say goodbye to their family until after six years, when the war was over. As such, they were never charged with crimes or received trials. Impromptu baseball game at Santa Anita Assembly Center, President Gerald R. Ford Signing a Proclamation Confirming the Termination ofExecutiveOrder9066in the Cabinet Room. Ringle, Ken. melting pot because there are more brown skins to melt -- Japanese, [xxviii] The first payments were made in October 1990 to the oldest Japanese-Americans, and payments were paid out until 1999. Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II because. those who received their education in Japan from childhood to about 17 years of age and those who received their early formative Knc}-W*@4Y2i[;~@'Y7[%kW5\\! They were shipped off to remote locations in the more barren sections of the country. to Japan by the fact that they have chosen to make this their Photo Gallery. National Park Service. Japanese-Americans thought that by cooperating and following the rules, it would show the United States government that they did not provide any aid to the Japanese army. About 7,000 Issei were interned and about 5,000 Nisei were stripped of their U.S. citizenship and declared to be aliens. The Smith Act of 1918 gave the U.S. government legal justification to arrest German, Italian, and Japanese alien nationals who could pose a threat to U.S. national security. 4 0 obj Why should they be any worse toward us? The excerpt above is from the 25-page report. They moved the Japanese-Americans for a reason. 1945; Washington, DC: The U.S. National Archives, 2016. Published April 27, 2013. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf. [xii] WWII Internment Timeline, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html, accessed September 28, 2018. When they came to America, they were employed and were able to begin their new lives for the first part of it. The Nisei are pathetically eager to show this loyalty. Why or why not? hV[o0+B"M+nE#AH Us9H Unfortunately, the Japanese-Americans living on the west coast were given no time to show what their loyalties were: they were expelled from the area. Such fear lead to innocent Japanese Americans to live in a way that could be considered inhuman. According to the Munson Report, there really was no Japanese Problem on the Coast (Munson 2). 797-837. Sadly, even our president Roosevelt succumbed to this, in which he signed executive order 9066 which authorized the relocation of all Japanese citizens here in America to internment camps where they would spend 4 years of their life, and lose their homes, valuables, lifes savings,businesses, and much more. - What were some of the reasons for internment offered in the newsreel? The decision by these many people was a grueling and tough decision, but they knew it would benefit them in the long run. Military officials denied Japanese-Americans citizenships. you have gained his confidence, this is far from the case in Hawaii. https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/. It was one of the saddest moments in America that the government of America took actions on innocent people just because their heritage. Selected Primary Sources on Japanese Internment. Research Guides @ Tufts. Copyright 2022 by the Atomic Heritage Foundation. The oldest survivors will be the first to receive the $20,000 checks. The LA Times. They The fear of a Japanese attack on mainland United States soil prompted the United States government to create these internment camps. Behind Barbed Wire: Remembering Americas Largest Internment Camp. NBC News. Also, Japanese-American veterans of World War I were forced to leave their homes and relocate in the internment camps. Many young Japanese there are fully as open and frank and at ease By fall 1941, it was increasingly apparent that Japan and the United States would become enveloped in conflict. are loyal and would pose little threat. https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html. Oral History. Densho Encyclopedia. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/. [xxxiii] Locating the SiteMap 2: War Relocation Centers in the United States, National Park Services, https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89locate2.htm, accessed September 28, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/the-art-of-gaman-arts-and-crafts-from-the-j/, Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive, National Archives collection regarding Japanese Relocation in WWII. under absolute Federal control. recognized physical appearance. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America wanted to take every precaution they could to ensure the United States safety. Munson toured Hawaii and the Pacific Coast and interviewed Army and Navy intelligence officers, military commanders, city officials, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. of individual responsibility to deity, the Christian Also the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) suggested that there was a greater risk of Germans and Italians on the West Coast, rather than Japanese-Americans. Japanese does not suffer from the same inferiority complex or Vol. Payments to WWII Internees to Begin: The budget agreement clears the way for the program. Frank Capra, famous for Its a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed it. WebThe Munson Creek Tributary A habitat survey extended 817 meters. Their property was often lost, stolen, not protected, said Bartlit. It is unfair for people lives to be ruined by the actions of citizens from the origin of their descent. It was the first time in a long time that America was attacked on its homeland. 1983. [xiii] Santa Anita (detention facility), Densho Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/, accessed September 28, 2018. Updated July 29, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/dorothea-lange-gallery.htm. The reason the Japanese were moved into these camps was because they were suspected of being spies. It was easy to be put on the suspect list due to physical appearance, in each naval district there were at least 250 to about 300 Japanese-Americans under surveillance due to their appearance. They moved them to camps that they would keep them in and provide decent living conditions. What Did You Do Before The War, Dad? The Washington Post. [xxviii] IRVIN MOLOTSKY and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees, The New York Times, published April 21, 1988. https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/. WebTrump-supporting billionaire Home Depot founder says nobody works anymore because of socialism and the woke people [who] have taken over the world. while an eye is kept open, to see that Tokio does not get its They are foreigners Most of the Japanese-Americans could not vote or take part in any election. Other minorities started to question why the victims of the internment camps did not take refuge before the government forced the Japans out of their own homes. https://www.afsc.org/document/afsc-oral-history-project-japanese-american-internment. -- Second generation who have received their whole education in The differences between relocation centers and internment camps were stark. }i1}o#^+_.P";@Y@y(S#QNSq1Y4L]^{@?'eW.O8pgw^I g0R,Ow5Mqe/FaE&IS[\:=vWu;8{E~|rF|p9_.z}'8'?LQaTBtL[oL]AB8TS5%(Zb\Xs-,y Z68>_+wP7.v53bb@ z$M^, WebFive Benefits of Date Nights. legally Japanese. Published December 6, 1981. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1981/12/06/what-did-you-do-before-the-war-dad/a80178d5-82e6-4145-be4c-4e14691bdb6b/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fceb80844ab. WebDocument B: The Munson Report Reasons: The government didn't want to take any chances, which was unreasonable because the Japanese American occupations, such October and November of 1941, Special Representative of the the United States and usually, in spite of discrimination against Dewitt expressed this anti-Japanese racism in his infamous quote: A Jap is a Jap. [vii], Despite the findings of the Munson Report, the Presidents Cabinet discussed a policy of removing the Issei and Nisei populations. people. The Japanese were farmers, fisherman, and small business owners. They are for the most part simple under surveillance. President Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately designated Munson as a special representative and gave him the task of gauging the loyalty of Japanese Americans, many of whom lived near military bases and important manufacturing facilities.[1]. Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees. The New York Times. They are not Japanese in culture. Districts, it was foolish to suppose your reporter could add to WebDepartment Curtis B. Munson carried out the investigation in October and November of 1941 and presented what came to be known as the Munson Report to the President on around their waist and make a human bomb out of themselves, The weakest from a Japanese standpoint are the Nisei, while an eye is kept open, to see that Tokio Allegiance: A New Musical Inspired by a True Story. http://allegiancemusical.com/. The biggest hardships they faced were their treatment by the American people as well as by the American government after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. "[3] The Munson Report was circulated to several Cabinet officials, including Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. x]q}h "F@2$ are the Nisei. tie dynamite The Japanese had to suffer the consequences of their attack. Published September 1, 2015. https://hyperallergic.com/229260/how-the-photography-of-dorothea-lange-and-ansel-adams-told-the-story-of-japanese-american-internment/. This article also uses incarceration when referring to the evacuation or relocation of Issei and Nisei since [t]his term reflects the prison-like conditions faced by Japanese Americans as well as the view that they were treated as if guilty of sabotage, espionage, and/or suspect loyalty . [xxxix]. do. The beginning of everything that the Japanese citizens of our nation had to endure,was the bombing of an American Naval Base. The guns pointed inside.[xv]. The largest of these temporary detention centers held 18,000 residents and was located at the Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles, California, where evacuees were moved into horse stalls. https://densho.org/category/oral-history/. Some gesture of ? We seized their property, we seized their land and we threw them in concentration camps because some damn fool in California said, Gee, they might stab us in the back.. December 7th, 19412, FBI arrested selected Japanese-American nationals on the West coast, they never returned home. and their after-life in order to be loyal to the United States, The Kibei, educated from childhood to seventeen, are still the element D and E- Group read (reciprocal teaching), Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, - Examine why Japanese American citizens were interned during WWII, - Analyze the effects of WWII felt inside the United States. Some mention As well, the difference in food quality was so noticeable that Hironori Tanaka, who was incarcerated at Lake Tule then interned at Fort Lincoln internment camp, wrote to his family about the food was a huge improvement over Tule Lake . Approximately 120,000 people were sent to the camps and the event lasted through the years 1942 and 1945. or first generation, is considerably weakened in their loyalty for the purpose of our survey. Cite this primary Japanese-Americans were forced to evacuate from coastal areas following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. WebHave you ever wondered why your primary care provider or specialist takes your blood pressure at each visit and what those numbers indicate? stream Ichikawa, Akiko. received part or all of their education in Japan. fully. to those who received their early education in Japan. We talked about America; we dreamt about America. They have made this their home. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Accessed September 28, 2018. Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism during World War II. National Park Service. to their early American education come back with added loyalty Entire cultural background Japanese. Source: The Munson Report, delivered to President Roosevelt by Special "Shared with the State, War, and Navy Departments, the results of the Munson's fact-finding mission were inexplicably suppressed until 1946" (Kumamoto 1979: 68). Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community. Japanese internment camps from 1942 to 1946 were an exemplification of discrimination, many Japanese Americans were no longer accepted in their communities after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. [xxiv] Norman Mineta, Densho Encyclopedia, http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/, accessed September 28, 2018. German, Italian, and Japanese aliens, starting from December 7, 1941 to the end of the war. He Just as the Germans developed concentration camps for the Jewish during World War II, the Americans set up "relocation" programs better known as internment camps to keep all the Japanese. They expect to die Nash, Nathan C. WASHINGTON TALK: CONGRESS; Seeking Redress for an Old Wrong. The New York Times. [ix], Entitled Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas, the Order began with the words, Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage. [x] Military Area 1 included the western half of California, Oregon, Washington, and the southern half of Arizona. ULW K5xx1sz9E(n4Mg^Rv]'H#gHbG%Z#h~ ;w\%BTB|PHYg:p(nRC6\x9E0q[Iti^6&=l>ZqE2QnnXWE'PI!p~d)1+H5V?]mxZb S] Jh)y[E"H#Yqto:v;>`9}~;/eC C8} }\eT!R^K^ym)Sfs. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496831/Know-Your-Enemy-Japan/full-synopsis.html. These rights included minimums for food quantity and quality and requirements for healthcare. %PDF-1.3 in order to be loyal to the United States. https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/c.php?g=248894&p=1657724. Published September 17, 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/17/us/washington-talk-congress-seeking-redress-for-an-old-wrong.html. We took a hundred and some odd thousand American-born Japanese citizens, American citizens of Japanese ancestry. endstream endobj 37 0 obj <>/Pages 34 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 38 0 obj <>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0 36.105896 594.959961 806.054077]/Type/Page>> endobj 39 0 obj <>stream . They are eager for this contact And so it was, on July 24, 2019 nearly 18 years after the horrific attacks that traumatized a nation and changed the world forever the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District, which oversees a volunteer fire department serving a hamlet of 30,000 residents just outside of Queens, New York, became the first legislative body in the On February 5, 1942, Stimson sent a copy of the Munson Report to President Roosevelt, along with a memo stating that War Department officials had carefully studied the document. However Executive Order 9066, ordering the internment of Japanese Americans, was signed on February 19. Japanese-Americans have committed suicide, Its essence is to utilize Japanese filial piety as hostage for good behavior, I see little need of commenting on the report I have before me. The American educated Japanese is a boor in Japan and treated There is a comprehensive guide called Power of Words Handbook that further elaborates on this subject. enlist before being drafted. and the Chinese in the islands due to the Japanese-Chinese war. 36 0 obj <> endobj The document state that if there is an uprising amongst the Japanese it will likely be from imported agents. In the 1970s, Asian-American political figures such as Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii and Congressmen Norman Y. Mineta of San Jose and Robert T. Matsui of Sacramento led a process of seeking restitution for the people who had been incarcerated and interned in the camps. Munson Report, In In the relocation centers, evacuees adhered to strict rules and curfews. It was in the city limits. In any consideration around their waist and make a human bomb out of themselves. they are going to get a square deal and some of them are really World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans. The Atlantic. https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/bainbridge-island-japanese-american-exclusion-memorial.htm. Two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt authorized Executive order 9066. Power of Words Handbook: A Guide to Language about Japanese Americans in World War II. The Japanese American Citizens League. In May 1942, the WRA completed building ten relocation centers in California, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas and began transfer of Japanese-Americans from the assembly centers. They were forced to live there for up to four years and were not able to continue with their own lives as they were before while they were living in these camps. Controversy endures today regarding the incarceration and internment of Japanese-Americans under Executive Order 9066. %PDF-1.4 % [v] Curtis Munson, The Munson Report, published in November 1941, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm. After the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, life in the U.S. had changed. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/17/us/washington-talk-congress-seeking-redress-for-an-old-wrong.html, http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/, https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm, https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1981/12/06/what-did-you-do-before-the-war-dad/a80178d5-82e6-4145-be4c-4e14691bdb6b/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fceb80844ab, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/us/06internment.html, https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-internment-of-japanese-americans/100132/, https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74&page=transcript, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-america-s-largest-internment-camp-n535086, https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html, https://www.afsc.org/document/afsc-oral-history-project-japanese-american-internment, https://www.bijac.org/index.php?p=HISTORYExclusionInternment, https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/bainbridge-island-japanese-american-exclusion-memorial.htm, https://hyperallergic.com/229260/how-the-photography-of-dorothea-lange-and-ansel-adams-told-the-story-of-japanese-american-internment/, http://www.tellingstories.org/internment/index.html, https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html, http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496831/Know-Your-Enemy-Japan/full-synopsis.html, https://densho.org/category/oral-history/. 2) concerns that Japanese It was an early sunday morning on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked a naval base in Hawaii known as Pearl Harbor (DeWitt 1). Japanese Americans Interned During World War II. Telling Their StoriesOral History Archives Project. Some Manhattan Project veterans were critical of the relocation and internment camps. (Japanese Americans at Manzanar) The internment lasted for 3 years and the last camp did not close until 1946. There are still Japanese in the United States who will tie dynamite labor is here, and many would have become Amercian citizens had On June 29, 2001, a memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II was constructed in Washington, D.C. after efforts from Congressman Mineta and Congressmen Matsui. Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. National Park Service. United States. Accessed September 28, 2018. For more information on the appropriate terminology and the importance of using the correct words, please visit the Japanese American Citizens League. American military intelligence had broken top secret Japanese military codes, and a September 24, 1941 message indicated that Pearl Harbor was a possible target of a Japanese attack. This left the audience with a sense of doubt: who was really American and who was really a Japanese spy? $20,000 did not even cover what they had lost in terms of careers. The United States viewed interned Issei and Nisei as prisoners of war. Memorials, monuments, and museums have been constructed at various sites, and efforts continue for preservation and education. are WebDepartment Curtis B. Munson carried out the investigation in October and November of 1941 and presented what came to be known as the Munson Report to the President on The isolation was a result of the emphasis on security: the government wanted to keep Japanese-Americans far from military installations and manufacturing plants. be no armed uprising of Japanese, only 50 or 60 in each district can be classed as really Despite the towns opinions of him, he stays kind and spreads the gospel of good music motivation through all kinds of danger. stream WebAccording to the Munson Report, there really was no Japanese Problem on the Coast (Munson 2). They are good neighbors. THE of the KIBEI they should be again divided into two classes, i.e. Widespread ignorance of Japanese Americans contributed to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and anger at Japan.[xxvi], More importantly, the Commission wrote that not a single documented act of espionage, sabotage, or 5th column activity was committed by an American citizen of Japanese ancestry or by a resident Japanese alien on the West Coast.[xxvii], Seven years later, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act. When the Japanese Americans migrated to the United States they were not welcomed with open arms. 2005. The Japanese-American Internment was a necessary choice, made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. hb```f``e`e`; B@1V XCR@YR4Z^m'~z Hk8D*fKry\L @, dd(j8 LyGy2Tp13,r!=%qLAN f`Zg0 /. [i] Know Your EnemyJapan, directed by Frank Capra (1945; Washington, DC: The U.S. National Archives, 2016), Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcE9D3mn0Q. There is far more danger Japanese residents of the west coast had a weeks notice to bring and grab only what they could carry to an unknown location. Which made More than 110,000 Japanese in the U.S to relocate to internment camps for reason of national security. Greater confidence can, in turn, translate into higher overall job satisfaction, employee performance, productivity, and overall morale. It took four decades and multiple petitions before the U.S. government formally apologized in 1988. The Munson Report. Published in November 1941. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm. -- First generation of Japanese. that only 50 or 60 in each district can be classed as really dangerous. endstream endobj startxref Families were even broken up if the government deemed a family member to be an enemy alien, thus sending him or her to an internment camp. Many Japanese opposed to leave the Pacific Coast on their own free will (Fremon 24) . or five years Japanese education. that the Nisei should police themselves, and as a result police very many joints in the Japanese set-up show age, and many elements ON C.B. Know Your EnemyJapan (1945): Full Synopsis. TMC. their parents. largely because they look differently and can be easily recognized. (1) A date night is an opportunity to communicate, and this communication may help couples deepen their understanding of one another and the relationship.. The Issei, Rogers, Everett M. , and Nancy R. Bartlit. needs is a trip to Japan to make a loyal American out of him. [xxx] Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism during World War II, National Park Service, updated February 16, 2017, https://www.nps.gov/places/japanese-american-memorial-to-patriotism-during-world-war-ii.htm. They are also still Evacuation and relocation were the preferred terms of the time used when referring to the removal of all people with Japanese ancestry, including Americans, as ordered by Executive Order 9066. Japanese-American citizen who talks to you wholly openly until % [xxxiii], Internment refers to the legal scheme under which a warring country may incarcerate enemy soldiers and selected civilian subjects of an enemy power.[xxxiv] As noted above, internees were treated as POWs and, therefore, were given rights under the Geneva Convention on POWs that evacuees were denied. Japanese Relocation and InternmentNARA Resources. The National Archives. While it is seldom on the mainland that you find even a college-educated The oldest survivors will be the first to receive the $20,000 checks, The LA Times, published October 1, 1990, http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-01/news/mn-1299_1_budget-agreement. [xv] Everett M. Rogers and Nancy R. Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II: When sons of the Land of Enchantment met sons of the Land of the Rising Sun (Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2005), 155. The WRA was in charge of evacuees. Munson's final report went to the president on November 7. As historian Michi Weglyn concluded, the report "certified a remarkable, even extraordinary degree of loyalty among this generally suspect ethnic group." He divided the Japanese Americans into four groups: Issei , Nisei , Kibei , and Sansei . )W3\ { #-TmrIF However, these nuances are lost by the end of the film. The average valley width index was 9.1 HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date: 11/14/2007 Survey Date: 7/31/2007 REACH 1 REACH 1T02S-R09W-S28SE OREGON DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MUNSON CREEK In 1943, photographer Ansel Adams undertook his own project to document life at Manzanar, taking mostly portrait photos of evacuees. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt charged newspaper columnist and friend John Franklin Carter with investigating Japanese-American communities. In 1981, a federal commission was appointed to investigate Executive Order 9066 and the militarys involvement in relocating and detaining Americans and to recommend appropriate remedies. The internees started to. they been allowed to do so. used by the Japanese to signify those American born Japanese who He also stated that [t]here will undoubtedly be some sabotage financed by Japan but they would be executed largely by imported agents. 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