Munson Report
A month before Pearl Harbor, the Munson Report told Roosevelt that Japanese Americans largely posed no security risk. Here’s how it was sidelined.
Military & War
Fort Snelling
Nisei linguists trained at Camp Savage and Fort Snelling while viewed as the enemy. By one estimate, they saved a million American lives in the Pacific War.
Masumi Mitsui
Masumi Mitsui fought for Canada in World War I and earned the Military Medal. In 1942, Canada labeled him an “enemy alien,” seized his family’s farm, and forced them from their home.
Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura
Why the Army kept Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura’s Medal of Honor top secret during his 28 months as a Korean War POW, and how he learned of it at his release.
Leslie Nakashima
Journalist Leslie Nakashima reported Hiroshima had vanished. The New York Times censored his account before Americans ever saw it.
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project began August 13, 1942, out of fear Germany would build the bomb first. The real threat came from inside Los Alamos.
Navajo Code Talkers
Navajo children were punished for speaking their language. Years later, that same language became an unbreakable WWII military code.
Karl Bendetsen
Karl Bendetsen conceived, drafted, and processed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the mass removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Decades later, he denied responsibility while lying about his own identity.
