Clint McCourtney’s May 7 letter, “Varying degrees of internment existed,” left the impression that the internment was for the safety of the Japanese. I cannot leave it at that.
Executive Order 9066 required that all persons of Japanese ancestry report “for processing.” They were allowed to take two suitcases.
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