I wonder if it was that brown paper bag that "attacked" L.A. a few weeks later? I wonder if it was a brown paper bag that shelled the oil fields...
As for invasion plans, a non-starter is speculative at best. Have you read the Stephan and Beekman books?
Why is before or during the war relevent? You're saying there was a mass influx of American patriotism amongst ethnic Japanese after Pearl Harbor?...
Two good books I'd recommend on this history are "Hawaii Under the Rising Sun" by Prof. John Stephan and "The Niihau Incident" by Allan Beekman.
I used this incident in class at Purdue to make an important point. There were 160,000 residents in the Islands that were classed as "Japanese...
He hits the nail on the head. Six other Supreme Court Justices didn't think so.
First, merely being a citizen does not make one a spy. Many of these people had lived here for years and considered themselves more American than...
Does anybody know for certain that the holocaust really happened or is it a myth fabricated by Jews to garner sympathy for the establishment of...
"...the percentage of Niesi males of draft age who said they would NOT serve in the US military under any circumstanes." Selective Service...
...because a tiny few may be spies is simply wrong. Well, the unofficial Ringle ONI report states a 75% loyalty rate amongst the west coast...
...imprisoning 100,000 american citizens because a tiny few may be spies... Thanks for the input, but here are a few corrections. It's a repeat...
Thanks, Clint. Nice post earlier, too. I provided a link to it. I agree, the DiMaggio story is very sad. From my understanding, leaders in a...
But, of course, not a word about the jailing of German or Italian nationals or, in some cases American citizens; many for years after the war...
After 1 March 1942, the Japanese military leadership decided their war plans had been too conservative and pessimistic. They had expected to...
Wel said Bob, well said. Best regards-C. 29 Reps left as my way of saying thanks ;-)) Thank you!
Also, this guy Bob Ulagsen is probably a troll out to cause trouble so my advice to everybody is to just ignore him. Bob Guercio Ha! No, I am...
It is obvious to me, Bob, that you understand Japanese history better than you understand American history, and what this country represents....
"Fear" and "Race" had nothing to do with the internment of Japanese Americans? This is analogous to saying that slavery had nothing to do with the...
Bob, you apparently don't understand that the Courts, particularly, the Supreme Court, are not infallible. As crises pass, and calm heads and...
Any reasonably intelligent and informed individual should acknowledge that the internment of Japanese Americans was morally wrong. Regrettably,...
