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the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor ,

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Hawaii by air President Roosevelt has

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just announced . Soon after December

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7th , 1941 all Japanese nationals and

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Japanese Americans residing in the

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United States were declared to be four

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C designation , often enemy alien .

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However , in 1942 as a result of

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petitions generated by Japanese

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Americans across the land requesting

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the privilege to serve our nation in

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uniform , President issued an executive

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order that said , Americanism is a

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matter of mind and heart . Americanism

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is not and never waas a matter of race

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alliances . And as a result , many of

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us were given the opportunity to fight

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a war nation in Europe against Nazi

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Germany . I'm happy to know that we did

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well .