AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Executive Order 9066, Antihero, Double Consciousness
1 Nov 2018
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After japanese bombing of pearl harbor, put japanese from west coast into internment. Announcement of american allegiance after the attacks. All japanese regiment, government offered to japanese men. (cid:396)27: are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the united states on combat duty wherever ordered? (cid:397) (cid:396)28: will you swear unqualified allegiance to the united states from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any allegiance or obedience to the japanese emperor, to any foreign government, power, or organization? (cid:397) Answered (cid:396)no(cid:397) to both, called a (cid:396)no-no boy(cid:397) and were imprisoned by government. Volunteered for army and discharged as sergeant. Published 1957 - his death, had not sold out first rounds. America looked to wwii as triumph, don(cid:394)t want to see the negatives. Japanese americans want to put the war behind them. Okada demands them to occupy the voice and tone and anger for the rest of the book.
