Children of the Camps | INTERNMENT HISTORY - 6 views
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Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which permitted the military to circumvent the constitutional safeguards of American citizens in the name of national defense.
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Michael Eppolito on 16 Dec 09This explains what Executive order 9066 is.
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These Japanese Americans, half of whom were children,