During the decade, there were many issues and conflicts aroused by the war. But one of the most shocking was the Japanese internment. But to the people of the area, this was good for the safety of the country. But as we look back, we see how horrific it was. But at the time, America was in total chaos because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. They felt threatened by all Japanese now, not knowing who was loyal or not, so they felt safe with the Japanese locked away. War was also coming to the country and the whole world was going to pay, but most of all the Japanese in America.

Right after the bombings, people of America, especially on the West Coast, cowered in fear of another attack on their homes. Because of all the feeling from the country, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that ordered the internment of 120,000 people of Japanese descent on February 19, 1942. Over one-third of the people sent to camps were U.S. citizens and who never showed disloyalty. They were forced to sell all their furniture and their homes. They were only allowed one suitcase each. The War Relocation Authority was established to administer the assembly centers, relocation centers, and internment centers. In the end, the Internment camps were built in the interior of the West Coast in isolated deserts areas in the states California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming where the Japanese were forced to live under callous surroundings. But in 1944, President Roosevelt rescinded the Executive Order 9066, and Japanese were free to return to their homes. The last internment camp closed in March 1946. Although they could go home, usually by this time their houses were gone, and they had to find somewhere else to make a life, which was even harder than before.

Although we'd like to think of our country as a perfect, free, and democratic nation, we have to face the truth that we have had some horrible history. The Japanese Internment is one example. But the internment represented America's great fear of war, even though some people crave it. But the issue was like a metaphor; the Japanese was war, and the rest of the American populous try to lock up war, and the horrible events happening around the world.