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overnight, on December 7, 1941,

everything changed. Japan bombed

Pearl Harbor, and Fred could no

longer consider them as neighbors.

They were Japanese, so they were

the enemy. The nation declared

war, Fred’s oldest son, David, was

drafted, and Fred’s animosity and

suspicion of his neighbors grew.

Then, only a couple of months

after the bombing of Pearl Harbor,

President Roosevelt signed a law to

move people like them into

internment camps. Fred was

relieved. No longer would he have

to worry about what he considered

the likelihood that they would cause

trouble. He watched as they

quickly prepared to move, and Fred

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