Japanese American Internment Camps During World War II

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the internment of Japanese Americans on the West coast of the United States. On going tension between the United States and Japan rose in the 1930’s due to Japan’s increasing power and because of this tension the bombing at Pearl Harbor occurred. This event then led the United States to join World War II. However it was the Executive Order of 9066 that officially led to the internment of Japanese Americans. Japanese Americans, some legal and illegal residents, were moved into internment camps between 1942-1946. The internment of Japanese Americans affected not only these citizens but the

In many times throughout history groups of people have been discriminated against based on race or religion. These people receive inferior rights because of the discrimination. In some cases they do not get citizenship, in others they are segregated from others, and physically harmed. Two groups of people that faced discrimination near World War II (WWII) were the Jewish people and Japanese Americans. Both groups faced very different types of discrimination by different oppressors with different motives yet their treatment was very similar and many events paralleled each other. The treatment of Japanese in WWII internment camps was as harsh as the Holocaust's treatment of the Jewish people.

Photograph #1 shows a large group of Japanese Americans lining up behind a table, for what appears to be their registration into a Japanese internment camp. Within the group, you can see looks of confusion and distress on most of the adult faces, as well as looks of confusion and crying from the children. Many of the Japanese Americans are carrying few belongings other than the man to the left with one bag in his hand, and the woman in front of him who has an item in her hands; it is implied that after registering their names with the United States government representatives at the table, they will be sent to the internment camps with what they have. With the confusion on their faces as well, it could be assumed that some people did not even know that they could take belongings with them to the camps. It could also be assumed that many in the line are not sure why they have to register in these camps, as they have been living normal American lives up until this point in 1942.

     For over a century, the United States has been one of the most powerful and influential states on the globe. However, every nation has made mistakes in its past. Throughout our country’s history, certain groups have had to endure horrible injustices: the enslavement of African-Americans, the removal of Native Americans, and discrimination against immigrants, women, homosexuals, and every other minority. During World War II, the government crossed the line between defending the nation and violating human rights, when it chose to relocate Japanese residents to internment camps. The actions taken by the U.S. government against Japanese Americans and Japanese living in the

During the second World War, the United States government produced and circulated several forms of propaganda with varying intentions. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, posters and leaflets dehumanizing the Japanese promoted racial and cultural hatred towards an entire country. Though the targets of American WWII propaganda varied, a major sentiment expressed throughout the war was a cultural and racial hatred toward Axis powers which emphasized stereotypes and harbored an unfounded hatred for an entire culture that acted as a short term causation for more Americans to support the war effort at home but also catalyzed long term effects such as the establishment of Japanese internment camps within the United States.

The Japanese-Americans were kicked out of their homes and were forced to live in internment camps.

In addition, there were too many Japanese Americans in the camps at a era. There were 400 Japanese Americans living in a barrack at a era. A barrack is the vicinity that the campers lived while in the camps. Also, they were 10,000 people in the camps, like Manzar which is the most crowded camp that was running at the era. In total there were 125,000 Japanese Americans that were living in the camps in the southwest. The reason for so many people in the camp is because they took Japanese American were taken from all over the U.S. The Japanese Americans were taken away in 1942 and did not end until 1945. So the Japanese Americans didn't get to go home for 3 years. Furthermore the reason that so many people are in the camps is because none of them

A woman entered her makeshift home within the horse stables. The year was 1942 in Denson, Arkansas. With only the rudimentary supplies of furniture and home goods that were miraculously spared from disposal upon entering, the sole organization for the living space originated from a thin curtain hung aloft between the bed and dining table. Rooms continued throughout the horse stables, specifically known as the barracks for Japanese-Americans during World War II, where approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forced to evacuate the West Coast of the Continental United States to reside in what were later known as “internment camps.” As a response to the rising racial prejudice against Japanese immigrants (known as Issei) and their Japanese-American children (known as Nisei) and in addition to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the government required Japanese civilians to stay in these camps for an undetermined duration. Victims of the camps faced immense difficulty both by society and the camps’ unsanitary environment. Before and during the Second World War, Japanese-American immigrants faced racial prejudice and assumptions of disloyalty by the United States government and Western society; once the war ended, Japanese-Americans strived to diminish racial prejudice by assimilating more into Western society while the government took action to compensate internment victims with benefits for their unwilling sacrifices.

Many Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and taken to internment camps. Each person found threatening was given forty eight hours to take care of their business, gather the few things they could take with them, and remove themselves from their homes.

It all started in The United States, during World War 2. Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned. There Only Crime was, being of Japanese ancestry. This is known as a Japanese—American Internment Camp. Where they kept many in stables and abandon horse tracks, because they kept taking more and more people. This Generation should never forget about this, for many reasons. The main reason is because it shows us how much freedom we have today. For example those 127,000 were kept because they were suspected of remaining loyal to their ancestral land. The honest truth is 90% of those people never went to japan. So they were free Americans, and still had taken and imprisoned. Just to show how the world is today. We should never take anything granted. So many lives were lost because of false discrimination.

The topic that has been chosen for the term paper in the pro seminar course is Japanese Internment Camps. During World War II, a significant number of American citizens of Japanese descent were forced into American internment camps, strictly because of their ethnic background. Having committed no crime, the Japanese forced into the internment camps were treated similarly to that of Japanese prisoners of war that had been captured by the Allies. The forced relocation and eventual internment of Japanese Americans was brought about by the event that occurred on December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 began as any typical Sunday on the Hawaiian Islands. Then at 7:55 am, the fateful Sunday on the island of Oahu would be forever remembered in the history books. At 7:55 am, three hundred and fifty three Japanese planes that were launched from Japan’s six biggest and best aircraft carriers, located only two hundred miles off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands, bombed the U.S. Naval Base. The attack by the Japanese was a complete surprise to everyone, and as a result American casualties were heavy. After the attack, fifteen American ships had been sunk including four battleships. In addition, one American ship was capsized, and one had run aground. Also, one hundred and eighty eight American planes were destroyed, and nearly two thousand four hundred men lost their lives. Prior to September 11, 2001, the attack on Pearl Harbor was the worst attack on U.S. soil

Throughout our lives in school, much of what we studied were about the Holocaust that happened in Europe. We have seen, heard, and listen to stories about the Nazis and what they had done during World War II. But we never know about the Japanese-American internment, which is like the concentrations camps in Europe. For example, I used to live in Seattle, Washington, and one of the well-known Japanese-American internment camp is in Puyallup about 40 minutes from where I lived. The facts that even though there are historical sites closed to where I lived, in school my teachers never taught us about it. I found out about the Japanese-American internment camp when I did a research papers on events during the early 1900’s. I believe that Americans

During February of 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an order for all Japanese-Americans to be placed in internment camps. These people, some of which were citizens had nothing to do with the war between the United States and Japan. They were being punished and treated horribly for something

“We couldn’t do anything about the orders from the U.S government. I just lived from day to day without any purpose…”, this is one of the quotes from the Japanese-Americans that were relocated to one of the tragic internment camps. The Japanese-Americans were being relocated and played around with when they were under suspicion of being spies. Many people were being racist to the Japanese race at this time, which made many Japanese people feel crestfallen.

After three years and five months of being in the internment camp, the family was finally sent home to their house, but many folks and parents had a new perspective on how they saw them to be. First of all, when arriving to the house none of the neighbors had gone out of their way to go out and greet them personally. They all just stared from their windows or as they passed each other on the street. A huge factor of the people living there saw Japanese-Americans as the enemy because of the war and Pearl Harbor. Therefore, there were times where even going to the store was a hassle because of the quick glances that everyone gave them and the question about whether they were Japanese or Chinese. After a while the kids found ways to lessen to