For guest speaker U.S. Navy Capt. Loren K. Masuoka, Medical Officer for Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, factual events from his Japanese-American heritage made an indelible impact on him. Masuoka spoke about the experiences his relatives had during World War II as many of his family members were forced into Japanese internment camps during the war as per Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. The order allowed the Secretary of War to remove any or all people from military areas, as deemed appropriate. Thus, the Western portion of the United States was defined as a military area and approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans were allocated and moved to secluded internment camps. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Marc Ayalin)
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.26.2017 04:43 |
| Photo ID: | 3424132 |
| VIRIN: | 170525-N-QL164-004 |
| Resolution: | 3300x2550 |
| Size: | 1.06 MB |
| Location: | SG |
| Web Views: | 55 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
Navy Region Singapore Embraces End of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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