[Donna Lee Nardo]

That is an easy question for me to answer! I have no independently-formed idea; I have no real knowledge of the internment camps. I would have to do some studying to get any kind of valid opinion. But, folks around me in the past and those currently have never given me a reason to think it was for anything other than the protection of Americans. But, in effect, this may have also protected peaceful, unknowing Japanese.

[TWhiteBear]

Donna,
My father was a teacher, officer, and gentleman. He was teaching in a small town in Eastern Washington when WWII started. Most of the young men in that town joined the Navy and were/are at Pearl Harbor. My father told me that if the Japanese had not been interned, there would have been more lynchings.
On a side note, No raghead is going to take down a member of the U.S. military while I'm around. That would be known as "The Start of the Big Gunfight". Kudos to the lady that got KO'ed. I'd send her roses if it was appropriate.