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BEFORE 1930:
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Six Companies
Terminal Island
Rape of Nanking
WORLD WAR II:
Pearl Harbor
Minter Field
Executive Order No. 9066
The 442 Regimental Combat Team
The Flying Knights
“Conquer By The Clock”
WOMEN IN THE WAR:
“Ladies, It’s Your War Too”
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The Story Behind Rosie the Riveter
Women during WWII
Victory Girls
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WWII & JAPANESE INTERNMENT:
Click to hear from Japanese who were interned during WWII
Click for “The Price of Prejudice” by Leonard J. Arrington: Japanese internment camps in Utah
Topaz War Relocation Center
Leupp Internment Camp
Tanforan Race Track