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Article #328Re: 50th Anniversary of Japanese Amer. Internment
From: Bill Weisman
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:57
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:57
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jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece) writes:
[...]
>And 1/3 of those interned were not US citizens, but bona fide enemy aliens.
Assuming for the sake of argument that this is true, does it justify what
was done to the other 2/3?
And what about those Italian and German bona fide enemy aliens? Guess they
were a little less easy to spot, being white and all.
[...]
>My father commanded a unit of amphibious tractors/troop carriers at
>Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc... Funny how local authorities aren't
>falling all over themselves to play up his sacrifices, or those of
>the other 11 million who served in the US armed forces.
Do you know what day November 11 is, John? Do you know what it's for?
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Newsgroups: ca.general,soc.culture.japan Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!billw From: billw@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Bill Weisman) Subject: Re: 50th Anniversary of Japanese Amer. Internment Message-ID: <1992Nov10.015749.6108@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory References: <19921109025407IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> <BxGMKo.1BC@inews.Intel.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:57:49 GMT Lines: 23