WW2

• Life in the internment camps was hard
• Some 120,000 people of Japanese descent were identified
• The 120,000 people of Japanese descent were placed in internment camps

WW2

• During the war,some of the internees died from inadequate medical care
• Others died from the extreme levels of stress they suffered
• Others were killed by the internment guards

WW2

• In 1943, all internees over the age of 17 were asked two questions.
• 1:Are you willing to serve in the Armed Forces of the U.S. on combat duty wherever ordered ?
• 2: Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the U.S.A and fully defend the U.S from any or all attack
• By foreign or domestic forces and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese
• Emperor, to any other foreign government power or organization?

WW2

• The cause for Japanese internment was racial prejudice.
• Also because of wartime hysteria and a failure of political leadership.

WW2

• 1983, a US congressional convention decided that we acted rashly in WW2.
• They found evidence from the 1940s proving that there had been no military necessity for what happened.
• They said there was no military necessity for the unequal, unjust treatment of Japanese Americans in WW2.

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