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READ: Japanese American Relocation
May 14 | 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
READ: Japanese American Relocation
From the United States Holocost Historical Museum- After the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked US forces at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, bringing the United States into World War II, fear of espionage or sabotage by people of Japanese ancestry gripped the country. In the aftermath of the attack, the US government relocated approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent—mostly American citizens—from their West Coast homes to “relocation centers” in remote areas of the country.