Pearl Harbor Bombing

On Dec 7th, 1941, Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor in retaliation to the USA due to them stopping trade with Japan. This all started due to 

Japan wanted to become a Great Empire 

and annex other neighboring 

countries. And due to a lack of resources 

Japan relied on resources from the USA

and when the USA stopped Japan had 

become angered and bombed Pearl Harbor. This Killed 2403 Military personnel, and 18 citizens, and destroyed 19 U.S. Navy Ships, and 8 Battleships.

Effects of Pearl Harbor on Japanese citizens 

Due to the effects of Pearl

Harbor and the recent 

declaration of war on Japan

Japanese people, in general, were looked down upon and seen as enemies of the USA.

Regardless if they were Citizens and lived there their entire life they were still seen as the people that bombed Pearl Harbor. And had to endure multiple racial hardships in the beginning of the newly declared war.

Executive Order 9066

President Roosevelt Executive Order 9066 on fed 19th, 1942. It ordered Japanese citizens to leave their homes and go to relocation camps. In the process, 120,000 Japanese blood were removed from their homes. Most of the people were on the West Coast. These people who were just innocent people enjoying life were now seen as the enemy just because they had Japanese blood

even being a US citizen didn't mean

you were safe from being located to

a relocation camp.

Relocation Camps

These relocation camps were not luxurious at all. They were quite the opposite. The so-called "homes" were just large barns with beds spread out and no 

privacy. They weren't even 

allowed to leave the camps they 

were barbwire in as well as had 

guards that would surround the area. 

It was almost as if they were treated as prisoners. For doing something that they had no control over. In the camps, they couldn't even regulate the temperatures, so it was either freezing or burning. Not to mention the lack of food to which they had to start growing.

Japanese Families Seperated

In the midst of the relocating of Japanese 

citizen's families became separated. Families

were taken from their homes without 

warrants no sympathy was shown for 

families regardless of who they were.

Which meant they had no say in how they were moved 

or who they moved with. Plenty of families were lost within the system. According to the Washington Post, "Alice and her 18-year-old sister were at school when her parents were arrested; they came home to find them gone." showing how little tolerance they have against Japanese citizens on a day you could just go on a walk and then you find out your entire family is gone.

One Way Out

During WW2 Japanese Citizens

were not allowed to join the

military due to being seen as

aliens and enemies to the US.

Which made them disqualified to join the United States military to aid in the war. According to thenmusa.com, "The Army later loosened this restriction in June 1942." Japanese people still joined the war despite being seen as enemy aliens. This was one of the only ways to actually legally leave the camps.