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1942-1945 – US Government Sends almost 900 Native Alaskans to Internment Camps

Posted on January 30, 2017 by ProCon.org

“In response to Japanese aggression in the Aleutians [Islands], U.S. authorities evacuated 881 Unangax [people native to Alaska] from nine villages. They were herded from their homes onto cramped transport ships, most allowed only a single suitcase. Heartbroken, Atka villagers watched as U.S. servicemen set their homes and church afire so they would not fall into Japanese hands.”

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