This Day in History - Feb 19, 1945

[Walt's Daughter]

I agree with your synopsis MaryAnn; granted that placing the innocent Japaneses civilian wasn't the CORRECT thing to do, and was later recognized as such, it cannot be compared to what the Japanese did and were doing from the 1930's and throughout the war, let alone the fact that they attacked us, even before they actually and officially declared war upon the United States.

 

I feel very sad each time I look at photos and read diaries from the interned civilians. It is heart-wrenching that so many had everything taken away from them. An extremely volatile/fragile situation in the homelands. Could it have been handled better and differently? You bet!