Japanese Internment
During World War II
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Executive Order 9066 ordered all persons of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast to be held in internment camps, without trial or hearing. One hundred and twenty thousand people were forced from their homes, taken to relocation centers and held there for a number of years. The ten hastily constructed internment camps were located in wastelands, swamps or deserts in isolated areas of the country.
World War 2 Japanese American Internment
A quick review of the Japanese emigration to California and evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry to camps in California.
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U. S. Constitution
This Smithsonian Museum of American History exhibit explores the experiences of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Japanese American Internment
An extensive collection of sites on America's internment camps.
Kiyoaki Murata's Letter
Japanese national Kiyoaki Murata describes his internment.
Racism After the Camps Closed
An Associated Press article from the Detroit News reporting personal experiences of Japanese individuals during and after World War II.
Peace, Prosperity and Pain
A Japanese-American couple share the memories of their relocation to an internment camp in Northern California, just one month after they were married in 1942.
Story of the 100th Battalion
How the camps came to be and how Japanese men in Hawaii formed the 442nd battlion and became the most decorated soldiers during the war.
Print Resources:
Cross, Robin. Victims of War. New York: Thomson Learning, 1993.
Chin, Steven. When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck, 1993.
Hamanaka, Sheila. The Journey; Japanese Americans, Racism and Renewal. New York: Orchard Books, 1990.
Houston, Jeanne Waktusuki. Farewell To Manzanar. New York: Bantam, 1983.
McGowan, Tom. Go For Broke: Japanese Americans in World War II. New York: F. Watts, 1995.
Means, Florence. The Moved-Outers. New York: Walker, 1992.
Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee & Low Books, 1993. (Fiction)
Uchida, Yoshiko. The Bracelet. New York: Philomel Books, 1993. (Fiction)
Uchida, Yoshiko Journey Home. New York: Atheneum, 1978. (Fiction)
Uchida, Yoshiko Journey To Topaz.New York: Scribner's, 1971. (Fiction)
Judith Lamb
Library Media Specialist
St. Francis Xavier School
Hyannis, Massachusetts
lamb@meol.mass.edu