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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This directive authorized the Secretary of War to designate military areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded." While the order never specifically named a racial group, its enforcement was directed exclusively at people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast—two-thirds of whom were American citizens. The Erasure of Civil Liberties

The filename typically refers to a digital copy of the landmark documentary film Allotment Wives (also known as "The G9066 Project" ), which captures the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II following the signing of Executive Order 9066 . The Shadow of Executive Order 9066 g9066.mp4

The historical significance of this footage lies in its role as a witness to a "failure of political leadership, war hysteria, and racial prejudice," as later concluded by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians . Formal Apology On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D

: Evacuees were permitted to bring only what they could carry, forcing them to abandon heirlooms and pets. The Erasure of Civil Liberties The filename typically

It took decades for the United States to formally acknowledge the injustice:

: President Gerald Ford officially rescinded Executive Order 9066.