Title: U.S. Government Justification for Japanese Internment Camps · Narratives of World War II in the Pacific · Bell Library Exhibits
Headings: U.S. Government Justification for Japanese Internment Camps
U.S. Government Justification for Japanese Internment Camps
Magazine cover of Japanese people
U.S. Government Justification for Japanese Internment Camps

Content: Austin, Texas. December 15, 2010. Accessed on November 18, 2018. https://bb9.tamucc.edu/webapps/blackboard/execute/content/file?cmd=view&content_id=_2908392_1&course_id=_70443_1
He was born in San Francisco, California, March of 1926. His parents came to America in 1923 to have a better life than what they had back in Japan, but they could not become citizens or own land because of the Oriental Exclusion Act. Life was challenging for him and his family because of the depression and war, but they were able to enjoy a happy and independent life. His family assimilated into the American lifestyle and even celebrated the holidays that we celebrate now, and he attended schools that educated him in American history. This all changed after the attack at Pearl Harbor; his father told his children that Japan would begin to attack other areas, but that they would not win the war. Furthermore, he told them to remember that they were American citizens, and that hardship would come as a result of the war and their Japanese heritage.