Resilience: The Forced Removal of 120 Thousand Japanese Americans

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Resilience: The Forced Removal of 120 Thousand Japanese Americans

Sharon McMahon

Oct 07, 2022

After President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, General John DeWitt issued over a hundred exclusion orders in quick succession, and demanded that all Japanese Americans–even those with as little as one-sixteenth ancestry–prepare themselves to be sent to incarceration camps. They had under two weeks to pack up–to give up everything they owned, everything they treasured–and prepare for the unknown.

Joining us today is Professor Lorraine Bannai.

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