The Forced Imprisonment Of Japanese-Americans Into Internment Camps
Japanese-Americans found themselves at the mercy of the American army following the Pearl Harbor attack. They were rounded up and placed in ‘internment camps,’ which in reality were political jails. These civilians had no idea that Pearl Harbor was even on the cards prior to its execution, and were as much of a threat to national security as white Americans. Death Valley was where the majority of these condemned masses were herded in, and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga described the experience as follows. Their ‘apartments’ consisted of metal military beds, complete with a potbellied stove within each one. Beyond that, there was no furniture, with bare windows. These poor people lived in complete squalor, but spirits were evidently high among some, given the cheer of these Japanese-American students.
The Forced Imprisonment Of Japanese Americans Into Internment Camps
The Emergency President’s Unceremonious Inauguration – Lyndon B. Johnson Inside Air Force One
Shortly following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, America was free of leadership for only one and a half hours. While its population reeled from the terror and tragedy of losing their beloved president, the vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, made his presidential oaths at Dallas’s Love Field, inside a parked Air Force One. He is flanked by former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson who replaced Jaqueline’s place. All in attendance were incredibly tense, still reeling from the shock of Kennedy’s assassination.
The Emergency Presidents Unceremonious Inauguration
