One month before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Recruited Japanese American Soldiers for Secret military intelligence training at Presidio of San Francisco. Though their families were incarcerated in camps, these solders served their country with honor and distinction. Come in and Discover this American Story. Programs: November 11, 2017, Veterans Day Weekend…
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In 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 granting the US military full authority to designate military zones from which to exclude all persons. While the order never mentioned "Japanese" or Japanese Americans," it paved the way for the mass removal, detention, and eventually incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from west coast states.… |
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