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Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler5/24/2023 Although this shameful episode in American history receives considerable attention in both fiction and information books for youth, Sandler probes into aspects of the story less often covered in work that focuses narrowly on the camps themselves. While many settled stoically into crude, makeshift accommodations in the relocation camps, others eager to prove their dedication to their adopted country would take up arms for the national defense. Rapid announcement and enforcement of the order impelled the internees to liquidate personal and business assets at stupefying financial loss and to pack their few remaining possessions in preparation for relocation to unknown destinations. Racial prejudice, nativist resentment over immigrant business success, and wartime panic-each was a poisonous element in itself, and combined they led to Executive Order 9066, which mandated the relocation and virtual incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese-American citizens and Japanese residents loyal to the United States.
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