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feb 19, 1942 - Executive Order 9066

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Executive Order 9066 was a US presidential executive order signed and issued during WW2 by FDR on February 19, 1942. This order authorized the Secretary of War to incarcerate Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans in U.S. concentration camps.

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feb 19, 1942
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~ 84 years ago