Internment of Japanese Americans
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During World War II, the United States, by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, forcibly relocated and incarcerated at least 125,284 people of Japanese descent in 75 identified incarceration sites. Most lived on the Pacific Coast, in... Wikipedia
Location: Western United States
Dates: Feb 19, 1942 – Mar 20, 1946
Cause: Executive Order 9066 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Deaths: At least 1,862; at least 7 homicides by sentries
Prisoners: 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast
Supreme Court cases: Hirabayashi v. United States; Yasui v. United States; Korematsu v. United States; Ex parte Endo
Japanese Internment Camps Museum
Books About Japanese Internment