Existing comment:
Nakata Declares Loyalty:
"I am willing to preserve the principles of democracy and freedom"
In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which ordered the removal of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans from the west coast. Osama Nakata was incarcerated at Poston Relocation Camp in remote western Arizona, behind barbed wire and watched by armed guards. Nakata was required to fill out a loyalty questionnaire which included questions about his relatives, the newspapers and magazines he read, and his ability to read, write, and speak Japanese. The final page of his application is a signed statement answering one of the last questions, "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty, wherever ordered?" |