[Snapping Turtle]

We should have been told WHY we needed internment camps for the West Coast Japanese-Americans. Also, WWII was the beginning of desegregation for Blacks. And I haven’t heard about American Indians’ participation yet. Also, I can’t comment from personal experience during WWII, but the fighting men are applauded, yet the military commanders have certainly been maligned. What’s your thoughts?

[goodnesswins]

You’re right.....haven’t heard about the balloons that flew into Oregon, and even killed one or more have we......my Mother In Law, who lost her only sibling, a brother, in the war said, once of the Internment camps.....”At least they came home.”

[berdie]

Do I think the internment camps should have happened? No. It is a sad chapter in our history. But it may have saved their lives, as cruel as it was. A German could change his name and blend in. A Japanese citizen..not so much. A Japanese citizen was not allowed citizenship during that time. But yet we called on them to fight. The Japanese were so harsh during the war. I would have been been scared to have lived here freely had I been Japanese.

The native Americans were as important as any minority. or other fighting group imo. But maligned. as usual.They fought, hard and provided the “Wind Talkers”.

There is no doubt there were some challenged commanders in all the wars we have fought. But this series brought up a good point. We had few seasoned commanders or soldiers. I found it interesting the name of the commanders were shielded. I guess google was not their buddy. :)

[PzLdr]

Kenny also forgot to mention that Italians and Germans [I don’t know if they included U.S citizens] were also interned [although not in the same numbers]. But then they didn’t have a bunch of fleet carriers at the time that could reach the U.S coast.