The Munson Report: The Bombing On Pearl Harbor

The bombing on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, was a very catastrophic event in American history that led to the United States joining World War II. With fear of any future attack, the American government ignore the Munson report and forced the relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans in West coast to concentration camps in attempt to prevent any future attack. More precisely, two thirds of the concentration camps consisted of Nisei, which was the classification given to the Japanese-Americans born in the United States. First of all, the Munson Report, written by Curtis B. Munson, was an investigation report researched and written under President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders to gather a conclusion Japanese-American loyalty to the nation. Despite the Munson Report's conclusion that the Japanese-Americans were not a threat to the nation, higher military officials ignored Munson's recommendation and sent Nisei to concentration camps. The report should've exterminated any doubt left on Japanese sabotage on the West coast and the United States overall, but the bombing of Pearl Harbor is what I believe to be what shook the American government and finalized their decision to put the Japanese-Americans in containment. To illustrate, the information from the Munson Report consisted of interviews that took place in
By sending and keeping the Japanese to concentration camps, the government felt that the constant observation on the Japanese increased the power, control, and safety of the nation. The United States always liked being aware of its surrounding and a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor unstabilized their confidence and assurance on national defense and