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I don't know of any American citizen of German or Italian descent that was interned solely because he was of German or Italian descent. American citizens of Japanese descent were indeed interned because of their ethnicity. Japanese Americans in hawaii were not interned. Why not if they were so untrustworthy? Only the ones living on the West Coast mainland were. Remember that in 1941, a Japanese ethnic born in japan could not obtain citizenship within the US. This did not apply to any whites.

The author seems to be ignorant of the contribitions made by the 442nd Regimental combat team and 100th Infantry battalion. These all japanese ethnic combat units sustained more casualties and won more awards per capita than any other comparable American unit.

As for alleged disloyalty, I wouldn't be as nice as these Japanese-Americans if my government tried to intern me for any reason. I would fight to the death if anybody tried to intern me. Wouldn't any red blooded American do the same?

This posting is about as historic as those who claim that the Holocaust never happened. The fact of the matter is that Americans of Japanese descent lost right of habeas corpus and that it was an unprecedented use of military power against US citizens.

Instead of arguing with individuals who was to write trashy history, let's just let the US government's own documents appear here.

<img src="http://www.nps.gov/manz/hrs/fig16.jpg><P> Now, having actually posted these figures, I don't honestly expect these whackos to add. If they couldn't do the math before, they simply choose to be ill informed and live in denial.