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Related: About this forumWhy Japanese in Hawaii weren't interned during WWII (Yes some were)
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In high school, all of us young'uns had to do a Senior Report, of sorts. Now, whenever I do essays / reports / etc, and I have the opportunity to write about whatever I want (bad idea, teachers), I like to choose a topic that almost nobody else has studied, so the professor cant check my facts. Im not saying that I go around making stuff up, but I feel a little better when Im not writing on something within the teachers field of expertise. It, how should I say, often results in a higher, how should I call it, grade.
Of course, as you can tell by the title, I decided to study Japanese internment. More specifically, how it affected Hawaii.
If you dont know already, Hawaiis population includes tons of Japanese. Im not just talking tourists in khaki shorts with cameras around their necks. Back during the war, Hawaiis population was 1/3 Japanese. Thats huge. 157,000 Japanese made their home on the islands. In contrast, the United States mainland only had around 126,000 Japanese. 100,000 of those 126,000 were put in internment camps. Thats a lot of people being put away for no reason.
Now, as you probably learned in history class (if youre an American, at least), All Japanese were put in internment camps. That is, at least, what we are led to believe. The history books tend to gloss over Hawaii, though. What happened to people over there?
Well, not that much.
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https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-in-hawaii-wwii/
The internment camp held 320 internees and also became the largest prisoner of war camp in Hawaii with nearly 4,000 individuals being held. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honouliuli_Internment_Camp
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Why Japanese in Hawaii weren't interned during WWII (Yes some were) (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Feb 2017
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. The order never was for "all Japanese ". It targeted
Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent into California, Washington, and Oregon. I believe some in Arizona were added later.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)2. That's ironic considering mainland internment was apparently justfied by a Hawaiian incident.