Comments on: Grandfather remembers war, internment and Wash.U. http://www.studlife.com/scene/2009/10/07/grandfather-remembers-war-internment-and-wash-u/ The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crystal City http://www.studlife.com/scene/2009/10/07/grandfather-remembers-war-internment-and-wash-u/#comment-1113 Crystal City Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:08:16 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=5298#comment-1113 The author wrote: "With the Executive Order 9066, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans across the United States." EO 9066 was not restricted to Japanese Americans, it affected German Americans and Italian Americans as well. And for the record German Americans of college age were not permitted to leave camps to go to college as were Japanese Americans. The author wrote: “With the Executive Order 9066, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans across the United States.”

EO 9066 was not restricted to Japanese Americans, it affected German Americans and Italian Americans as well.

And for the record German Americans of college age were not permitted to leave camps to go to college as were Japanese Americans.

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