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Michael Beschloss

Feb 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Today 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, leading to internment of women and men “of Japanese ancestry”:

Women, men and children “of Japanese ancestry” being forcibly removed to internment camps under FDR’s order of today 1942: #NARA

President Roosevelt signed notorious Executive Order 9066 today 1942, leading to historically disgraceful internment of Japanese Americans:

"I Am An American"--Storefront in Oakland, California, at time of Japanese American "relocation," ordered today 1942: #Lange

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