Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2016
Department 1
History
Abstract
During World War II, Japanese Americans had to endure racist federal government policy in the form of relocation to internment camps around the country. Of the 120,000 people that were interned, a large number were citizens of the United States who protested that their 5th and 14th Amendment rights had been violated by their placement into the camps. The way Japanese Americans reacted to their experiences during the war differed depending on their experiences as Nisei or Kibei. These reactions materialized in different forms of participation in the war, usually involving the decision to serve in the military as a civic duty or whether to give up their citizenship entirely. This paper will explore how their actions shifted during the war based on their experiences of racism and their cultural backgrounds.
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Recommended Citation
Deros, Julia K., "Similar Experiences, Unique Perspectives: How Japanese American Experiences Influenced Their Participation During World War II" (2016). Student Publications. 507.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/507
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Comments
Written for HIST 421: Seminar: The U.S. and World War II.