Manzanar Guard Tower
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, led the United States into World War II. The attack intensified racial prejudices and led to widespread fear of potential sabotage and espionage by Japanese Americans.
In February, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066,which authorized the Secretary of War to establish Military Areas and to remove from those areas anyone who might be a threat to the war effort. Without due process, the government gave everyone of Japanese ancestry living on the West coast only days to decide what to do with their houses, farms, businesses, and other possessions. Most families sold their belongings at a significant loss.
Each family was assigned an identification number and loaded into cars, buses, trucks, and trains, taking only what they could carry. Japanese Americans were transported under military guard to 17 temporary assembly centers in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona. Then they were moved to one of ten hastily built relocation centers, including this one at Manzanar. By November, 1942, the relocation was complete.
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Manzanar Guard Tower
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, led the United States into World War II. The attack intensified racial prejudices and led to widespread fear of potential sabotage and espionage by Japanese Americans.
In February, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066,which authorized the Secretary of War to establish Military Areas and to remove from those areas anyone who might be a threat to the war effort. Without due process, the government gave everyone of Japanese ancestry living on the West coast only days to decide what to do with their houses, farms, businesses, and other possessions. Most families sold their belongings at a significant loss.
Each family was assigned an identification number and loaded into cars, buses, trucks, and trains, taking only what they could carry. Japanese Americans were transported under military guard to 17 temporary assembly centers in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona. Then they were moved to one of ten hastily built relocation centers, including this one at Manzanar. By November, 1942, the relocation was complete.
Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments, awards and faves -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2019