A look back at Japanese internment camps in the US, 75 years later
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Feb. 19, 2017, is the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's signing Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.
A sign outside a store in Oakland, California, March 1942. The store was closed after orders to relocate people of Japanese descent.
A sign outside a store in Oakland, California, March 1942. The store was closed after orders to relocate people of Japanese descent.