Witness History: World War Two history - Japanese internment
In February 1942 all Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps.
They were viewed as a threat to US security during World War II.
Photo: A Japanese American family preparing to go to an internment camp.
(Credit: Dorothea Lange/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)
Published on Friday, 17th February 2012.
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