Japanese-American Internment

In February, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed and issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It gave the secretary of war the power to deport Americans of Japanese, as well as Italian and German descent.

Map of Japanese Internment Camps in the U.S.

Store of a Japanese-American whose Owner Placed the Sign After the Attack on Pearl Harbor

A Farewell Letter on the Window of the shop of a Japanese Importer in San Francisco

Two Friends Playing a Final Game of "Go" Before Being Sent to an Internment Camp

Japanese-Americans Reclaiming their Luggage After Being Evacuated to and Internment Camp

Notice Saying Telling that All Japanese-Americans Would be Evacuated to Internment Camps