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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Feb 19, 2019, 05:41 PM Feb 2019

A Day to Remember in Infamy...77 years ago...today, February 19th...Executive Order 9066

Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. This order authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans in U.S. concentration camps.

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A Day to Remember in Infamy...77 years ago...today, February 19th...Executive Order 9066 (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 OP
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