The war in the 1940's affected nearly everyone in the world. Many lives were lost in battle and many homes were destroyed. The Japanese government chose to attack the United States, at Pearl Harbor, with a great military force. Since that attack and until the end of the war, most Japanese-American citizens were interned in camps on the West Coast. They were forced out of their homes and held in military like camps (Document 1). For the Americans, this was the only choice for the people who in our eyes were dangerous.
Given the circumstances during the war, I would have favored the Japanese internment camps. There were not many choices for the government at the time and our country was in danger of more attacks. As stated by General DeWitt (Document 3), there were hundreds of reports each night of signal lights visible from the coast, and intercepts of unidentified radio transmissions. This proved that many Japanese-American citizens were still transmitting information to Japanese ships near the coast, which could put our country in danger. General DeWitt (Document 3) also noted that every ship leaving a West Coast port was attacked by an enemy submarine for the first few weeks following December 7th. This showed that a Japanese presents was still near the American coastline and meant that further Japanese attacks could still be coming. Most Japanese-American citizens were loyal to the United States, but for the few who weren't they endangered our country greatly. You could not tell the difference between loyal and non-loyal Japanese-American citizens and this would lead to the internment of all of these citizens.
During the war, there was a big Anti-Japanese movement in the United States. As stated from Farewell to Manzanar (Document 1), many Japanese-American homes were attacked, and many beatings were reported all over the West Coast. As shown in a New 1942 Castle Films" Catalogue (Document 4) many Anti-Japanese movies which were coming out portrayed the Japanese as evil, violent people.
