Japanese Immigrants 1942

Photo Legend History, Interment Camps 1942 – The US government came to the conclusion that interning Japanese-American citizens was the best of a number of bad options. Roughly a hundred thousand Japanese-Americans ended up in camps. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 on February 19, uprooting Japanese Americans on the west coast … Continue reading Japanese Immigrants 1942

Unitad States Army in Vietnam 1950

Unitad States Army in Vietnam 1950 The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived, beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. The war … Continue reading Unitad States Army in Vietnam 1950

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