Today in History

February 19, 1942
Japanese Displacement
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans begin to fear another west coast attack from the Japanese. In response, FDR orders the military to take action, forcing Japanese-Americans on the west coast to either relocate or be placed in internment camps. Over 110,000 people are placed in the camps, two-thirds of which are U.S. citizens. President Gerald Ford addresses the Japanese-American community in 1976, calling the event "wrong."



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