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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (53737)	8/3/2002 3:02:32 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 82486

127,000 or 112,000? Two thirds of Japanese internees were American citizens. Something you couldn't tell from the above account. There is not a discrepancy there. Of the approximately 127,000 people of Japanese descent, 11,229 were declared enemy aliens and another 5,620 chose to renounce their U.S. citizenship ... a total of 16,849 who were interned, or imprisoned as if they were enemy soldiers. The remainder, approximately 112,000, were sent away under the relocation program. Not all of the latter went to the camps, as some relocated away from the coast on their own. I appreciate your reply and the sites you listed. I do not deny that injustices occurred in the implementation of the relocation program, including confiscation of property without recompense. Nor do I deny that some, or all, of the relocation centers became, in effect, guarded prison camps. On the other hand, some 1,000s were allowed to leave the camps when they had found alternative living sites away from the restricted coastal areas. All historical events look quite different from the perspective of many years later, when we have the benefit of knowing what events did unfold, and which didn't, as well as what fears were grounded and which were not. For example, as a lad at the time, I received instruction in school as to the spotting of enemy aircraft in our skies, and was provided with a handbook to aid in enemy airplane identification. As it turned out, I never had to use my "training."