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In February 1942, President Franklin D. In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executice Order 9066 Roosevelt signed Executice Order 9066 and gave the U.S. Army the authority to and gave the U.S. Army the authority to move and imprison anyone they move and imprison anyone they considered dangerous to our national considered dangerous to our national securitysecurity

Within a month, they rounded up Within a month, they rounded up Japanese, Germans, and Italians, and Japanese, Germans, and Italians, and brought to 10 Camps across the countrybrought to 10 Camps across the country

WRA Camp LocationsWRA Camp LocationsNewell (Tule Lake, California) -18,789Newell (Tule Lake, California) -18,789

Minidoka (Hunt, Idaho) - 9,397Minidoka (Hunt, Idaho) - 9,397

Hear Mountain (Heart Mountain, Wyoming) - 10,767Hear Mountain (Heart Mountain, Wyoming) - 10,767

Topaz (Topaz, Utah) - 8,130Topaz (Topaz, Utah) - 8,130

Manzanar (Manzanar, California) - 10,046Manzanar (Manzanar, California) - 10,046

Amache (Granada, Colorado) - 7,318Amache (Granada, Colorado) - 7,318

Colorado River (Poston, Arizona) - 17,814Colorado River (Poston, Arizona) - 17,814

Gila (Gila Rivers, Arizona) - 13,348Gila (Gila Rivers, Arizona) - 13,348

Rohwer (Rohwer, Arkansas) - 8,475Rohwer (Rohwer, Arkansas) - 8,475

Jerome (Denson, Arkansas) - 8,497Jerome (Denson, Arkansas) - 8,497

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Jerome (Denson, Arkansas)Jerome (Denson, Arkansas)

MinidokaMinidokaThe Minidoka site was originally a 33,000-acre prison compound operated The Minidoka site was originally a 33,000-acre prison compound operated by the War Relocation Authority at the Jerome County farming community by the War Relocation Authority at the Jerome County farming community of Hunt of Hunt

It operated from 1942 through 1945 and held U.S. citizens of Japanese It operated from 1942 through 1945 and held U.S. citizens of Japanese descentdescent

The Bainbridge site is where 227 men, women and children were rounded The Bainbridge site is where 227 men, women and children were rounded up and placed aboard a ferry in March 1942 to be sent to Minidokaup and placed aboard a ferry in March 1942 to be sent to Minidoka