car cer ated ▁Japanese ▁Americans . ▁Origin ally ▁draft ed ▁as ▁a ▁War ▁Department ▁rec ruit ing ▁tool , ▁the ▁ 2 8 ▁questions ▁were ▁hast ily , ▁and ▁poor ly , ▁re vised ▁for ▁their ▁new ▁purpose ▁of ▁assess ing ▁in mate ▁loyal ty . ▁The ▁form ▁was ▁largely ▁devoted ▁to ▁determ ining ▁whether ▁the ▁respond ent ▁was ▁a ▁" real " ▁American ▁— ▁baseball ▁or ▁j udo , ▁Boy ▁Sc outs ▁or ▁Japanese ▁school ▁— ▁but ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁i re ▁was ▁directed ▁at ▁two ▁questions ▁that ▁asked ▁in m ates ▁to ▁volunte er ▁for ▁combat ▁duty ▁and ▁for s we ar ▁their ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁the ▁Emperor ▁of ▁Japan . ▁Many ▁were ▁off ended ▁at ▁being ▁asked ▁to ▁risk ▁their ▁lives ▁for ▁a ▁country ▁that ▁had ▁imprison ed ▁them , ▁and ▁believed ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁alleg iance ▁was ▁an ▁implicit ▁accus ation ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁dis loy al ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Although ▁most ▁answered ▁in ▁the ▁aff irm ative ▁to ▁both , ▁ 1 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁in mate ▁population ▁refused ▁to ▁fill ▁out ▁the ▁question naire ▁or ▁answered ▁" no " ▁to ▁one ▁or ▁both ▁questions . ▁Under ▁pressure ▁from ▁War ▁Department ▁officials , ▁My er ▁rel uct antly ▁converted ▁T ule ▁Lake ▁into ▁a ▁maximum ▁security ▁seg reg ation ▁center ▁for ▁the ▁" no - nos " ▁who ▁fl unk ed ▁the ▁loyal ty ▁test , ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁ ▁Appro xim ately ▁ 1 2 , 0