Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies
Pearl Harbor bombing of the USS West Virginia
Pearl Harbor a small boat rescues seaman from the USS West Virginia
Naval dispatch announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan.
What Americans think about Japanese Americans
Arizona 1942. Construction of relocation camp.
Manzanar relocation Center, California
Japanese American boarding up storefront before the evacuation, San Francisco
Japanese-Americans boarding train to a camp
Life goes on, dance party at the camp
Physical Fitness
Going to Church
In 1976, Executive Order 9066 was officially ended by President Gerald Ford.
President Jimmy Carter signed a bill that to investigate the relocation of Japanese Americans.
President Ronald Reagan approved the Civil Liberties Act.
In 1990, President George Bush wrote an apology to the Japanese Americans who had lived in the internment camps.
Letter of Apology