February 19, 1942
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of all persons deemed a threat, mostly Japanese Americans, from the West Coast to “relocation centers,” or internment camps. Around 120,000 Japanese Americans are held in the camps during the war.
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