Japanese Internment Camps Experience

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

After the attack on the Pearl Harbor in 1941, a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy air service, United States was thrilled and it provoked World War II. Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President FDR ordered all Japanese-Americans regardless of their loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast. This resulted over 127,000 people of Japanese descent relocate across the country in the Japanese Internment camps. Many of them were American Citizens but their crime was being of Japanese ancestry. They were forced to evacuate their homes and leave their jobs and in some cases family members were separated and put into different internment camps. There were ten internment camps were placed in “California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas”(History.com). However, until the camps were fully build, the Japanese people were held in temporary centers. In addition, almost two-thirds of the interns were Japanese Americans born in the United States and It made no difference that many of them had never even been to Japan. Also, Japanese-American veterans of World War I were forced to leave their homes and relocate in the internment camps. Japanese families in internment camps dined together, children were expected to attend school, and adults had the option of working for earning $5 per day. The United States government hoped that the internment camps could make it self-sufficient by farming to produce food.

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.

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.

The issues of Japanese-American internment camps is one of the most controversial, yet important time periods of American history. Many have asked: Why should we learn about this event? The event of Japanese-American internment camps has changed the way America and its citizens are looked upon. As Americans, this event is important to learn so that an injustice like this will never happen again in our history. This event has helped many people gain more rights and civil liberties. This event has also helped other groups fight for their rights and freedoms. Although this event had caused fear and pain, it had changed America and its treatment toward citizens of different descents and ethic backgrounds.

The Second World War was an international event which drastically impacted the world as a whole. With the war came a new found sense of mistrust throughout society. American and Canadian communities were divided due to the fear of espionage and sabotage, forms of spying which could help aid the enemy in war. This division promoted distrust, discrimination and violence toward Japanese immigrants and their children. To offset these fears resulting from war, Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadian citizens were forced into internment camps, resulting in a heightened sense of tension upon arrival home and finally the compensations of both US and Canadian governments

     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. They were shipped off to remote locations in the more barren sections of the country. The living conditions at the camps were inadequate at best. Residents were forced to endure extreme cold and extreme heat, cramped living spaces, poor meals, and a lack of indoor plumbing. The whole time, they were under the watchful eyes of armed military police. They were treated as prisoners.

Education for Japanese at the time was not very effective, so you can only imagine how education for children in the internment camps was at the time. Out of the nearly 120,000 inhabitants of the camps about 30,000 of those people were children, and these children needed to be educated in some way. Most of these classrooms were taught in Japanese and was the exact opposite of what these children needed. The fact that not all the education was in English was detrimental to the kids who were mostly all citizens. The teachers never had the appropriate material to teach their students, these crowded schools were just a way of making it seem like the government cares about the children. The materials that the teachers did have were not knowledgeable

The relocation of Japanese Americans was an event that occurred within the United States during World War II. On February 19th, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which forced all Japanese Americans living in the West Coast to be evacuated from the area and relocated to internment camps all across the United States, where they would be imprisoned. Approximately 120,000 people were sent to the camps and the event lasted through the years 1942 and 1945. The main cause of the relocation and internment of these people was because of fear made among Japanese people after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Citizens of the United States had been worrying about the possibility of Japanese residents of the country aiding Japan, and/or secretly trying to destroy American companies.

On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was destroyed. The Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. 2,300 Americans were killed in this bombing. After two months of the bombing, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Executive order 9066. The Executive order 9066 demanded all Japanese Americans to leave the West coast. Many believed that the Japanese Americans were suspicious of a crime that they did not commit. This was a nightmare to not only Japanese Americans, but also to many Americans. In the Executive Order 9066, Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities.”

Wouldn't you be mad if you got blamed for something that you were forced to do and wasn’t right. I would be mad if i got put into internment camps. Why does racism have to do with war, Japanese americans should be treated that way, Maybe all of races shouldn’t be treated like this.

The internment of Japanese Canadians during WW2 was noted as being historically significant at the time due to many suffering from forced relocation, internment camps, and being referred as “enemy aliens or “undesirables”. Beginning in early 1942, in regards to the War Measures Act, all Japanese Canadians living near the British Columbia coast were called to move to the Okanagan Valley (Cranny & Moles 159). They were then relocated and placed in temporary relocation centres. Shortly after 21,000 were removed from their homes (Marsh 11), businesses owned by Japanese Canadians were sold by the government to pay for the detention in camps (Marsh 1). Conditions in internment camps were poor, Tom Tamagi, a Japanese Canadian described his experience

What are the effects of Japanese Internment Camps on people today? Japanese Internment Camps had a great impact on Japanese-Americans during World War II and the effects are still being felt today. Japanese-American families that were interned felt the effects. Some internees were strengthened in their patriotism while others turned against the United States. Years after the Japanese Internment Camps were shut down, laws and recompense concerning the camps were finally conceded. Japanese Internment Camps of World War II had both immediate and lasting effects.

Much later in 1988, the U.S. Congress felt sorry for what they had done to the Japanese Americans, apologizing for the internment. Japanese Americans were interned from 1942 until World War II concluded in 1945. More than 110,000 people were interned, and almost two thirds of them were American citizens. The U.S.’s involvement in World War II was because of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his reasons for the forced internment, leaving some to believe that they were wrong.

first operational internment camp; located in southern California; name has come to be identified with all internment camps operated by the government from 1942 to 1945; ten camps opened over 3 years; eventually held approximately 120,000 people for varying periods in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas; evacuees only allowed to bring what they could carry; final report of 1983; opened March 21, 1942 and closed November 21, 1945; peak population reached 10,046; located between Independence and Lone Pine; Manzanar was originally established as one of thirteen temporary detention centers in California; three months later, War Relocation Authority took over the site; Manzanar became first of ten permanent centers; two stone