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American History Tellers

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The Importance of Loyalty to the United States

Over 110,000 Japanese Americans and their descendants faced the grim reality of the american government's internment policy. The nike did what they could to adapt They decorated built their own furniture started clubs schools and held church services. In 1943 general john de witt Issued a formal questionnaire to the people in each of the camps There were 28 questions designed to gauge the intern nike's loyalty towards the united states. But as detainees read the forms it became clear there were only two questions that really mattered. One would you faithfully defend the united states from any or all attacked by foreign or domestic forces? Signatures were obligatory Answering yes to these questions made some detainees eligible for release provided

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