Executive Order 9066 and Tule Lake
By Jonathan G. Lee On February 19, 1942, in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered 120,000… Read More »Executive Order 9066 and Tule Lake
By Jonathan G. Lee On February 19, 1942, in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered 120,000… Read More »Executive Order 9066 and Tule Lake
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Sunday morning, I cracked open my notebook, powered up my recorder, logged into Skype, and soon found myself screen to screen with my interviewee. Proctor… Read More »Interview with Former Plycraft Employee