Essay On Rationalization Of Japanese Internment Camps
Rationalization of Japanese Internment Camps in The United States When the second World War occurred the United States wanted no part in it, they wanted peace. Everyone was traumatised and frightened from the first World War, which only happened years prior, they weren’t prepared for what was to come with the second one. Though they were pushed into it without say when the Japanese army bombed American ships and planes at the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii (DeWitt 1). The United States people and military knew they had to take charge and fight for what the Japanese took from them. The Japanese stole the United States state of mind, they stole the freedom for the Japanese people which were living in America. They caused this, the United
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Even if it was one person in the whole 110,442+ people, that one person can hurt, and even kill a lot of people “In each Naval District there are about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance… Privately, they believe that only 50 to 60 in each district can be classified as really dangerous” (Munson 2). Though quite a few of the Japanese weren’t considered dangerous there were roughly more than one hundred that were, those one hundred people could easily corrupt the American society and kill millions. If the internment camps weren’t there the whole country would have been in danger. Alongside that the Japanese people who were loyal to America were completely understanding and willing to go to the camps “All citizens alike, both in and out of uniform, feel the impact of war in greater or lesser measure” (Black 4). This quote from document D clearly states that throughout time of war all people will suffer and make sacrifice. It’s just a matter of who has a larger sacrifice to make, though none the less it affects all people. Everything done will affect every single person in one way or another, it's just a matter of when and what. If the United States hadn’t put the Japanese into internment camps there's no saying of what America could be today, we were potentially saved when they made the decision of putting the Japanese into
Even if it was one person in the whole 110,442+ people, that one person can hurt, and even kill a lot of people “In each Naval District there are about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance… Privately, they believe that only 50 to 60 in each district can be classified as really dangerous” (Munson 2). Though quite a few of the Japanese weren’t considered dangerous there were roughly more than one hundred that were, those one hundred people could easily corrupt the American society and kill millions. If the internment camps weren’t there the whole country would have been in danger. Alongside that the Japanese people who were loyal to America were completely understanding and willing to go to the camps “All citizens alike, both in and out of uniform, feel the impact of war in greater or lesser measure” (Black 4). This quote from document D clearly states that throughout time of war all people will suffer and make sacrifice. It’s just a matter of who has a larger sacrifice to make, though none the less it affects all people. Everything done will affect every single person in one way or another, it's just a matter of when and what. If the United States hadn’t put the Japanese into internment camps there's no saying of what America could be today, we were potentially saved when they made the decision of putting the Japanese into