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WWII

Grandfather remembers war, internment and Wash.U.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 || Agnes Trenche

With the Executive Order 9066, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans across the United States. While some had only weeks to prepare for the event and others had months, most spent years in relocation camps located in places like rural Utah, Arizona and Wyoming.
But about 30 Japanese American students instead found [...]

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