The surprise attack caught the U.S. military off-guard and ultimately brought the country into World War II.President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942.

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans take just a small suitcase in hand. They were sent to camps in ...

This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as ...

Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese Americans in California and the U.S. as a whole. The order came in the wake of the ...

The free event commemorates the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The order authorized the U.S. military to forcibly ...

The city of Davis recently co-sponsored a free event along with the city’s Human Relations Commission and many other local organizations for the Yolo County Day of Remembrance of Executive Order 9066 ...

Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942. The executive order led to the forced relocation and detention of 125,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II. More ...