Japanese Concentration Camps in America

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor many Americans became worried about the Japanese living within the United States. On February 19, 1942, president Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. This ordered the round up of Americans with Japanese heritage. They were sent to one of ten concentration camps where they were locked in and had to live in horrible conditions. The camps were overcrowded and there was no cooking facilities or plumbing of any kind. They ate in huge mess halls and had rationed amounts of food. Many of the young Japanese men enlisted in the army and fought for the America even though America had their families locked up like animals. When the Japanese were sent to the camps they were only allowed to take a few belongings. They lost many of their things and many of the Japanese had to give up their shops and jobs. During World War 2, 120, 000 Japanese were locked up in camps. Two thirds of these people were American Citizens.

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