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This list represents a sample of American people imprisoned abroad by state and non-state actors, past and present. This list includes both citizens of the United States and legal permanent residents. It represents individuals imprisoned through various channels, including tried crimes and kidnappings.
American people who died in Japanese internment camps (5 P) C. American people imprisoned in China (15 P) E. American people executed abroad (2 C, 22 P) I.
Television about the internment of Japanese Americans (6 P) Pages in category "Internment of Japanese Americans" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.
A civilian internee is a civilian detained by a party to a war for security reasons. Internees are usually forced to reside in internment camps. Historical examples include Japanese American internment and internment of German Americans in the United States during World War II.
Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested by the Taliban in August 2001 in connection with her work for Christian aid organization Shelter Now, held in captivity until November 15, 2001. [1] [2] Timothy John Weeks, a professor, was kidnapped along with American professor Kevin King by the Taliban on August 7, 2016, while traveling in Kabul. Their ...
With the 80th anniversary of Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 that created the World ... More than 2,200 Japanese from countries including Peru and Bolivia were shipped to the U.S. and confined in ...
Eventually 33,000 Japanese American men and many Japanese American women served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 served in the U.S. Army. [173] [174] The 100th / 442nd Regimental Combat Team , which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans , served with uncommon distinction in the European Theatre of World War II .
Japanese Americans have been returning to their ancestorial homeland for years as a form of return migration. [1] With a history of being racially discriminated against, the anti-immigration actions the United States government forced onto Japan, and the eventual internment of Japanese Americans (immigrants and citizens alike), return migration was often seen as a better alternative.