New Year’s Eve: Good-bye Internment; Hello Home This is a photo of Americans of Japanese descent observing New Year’s Eve, 1944. They had been removed to an internment camp in Utah. Internment would end in two more days. The caption reads: Topaz, Utah. Evacuees celebrate New Year’s Eve. Japanese Americans at Central Utah Relocation Center celebrated reopening of the west coast with a big New Year’s Eve party. Joseph Aoki portrays Father Time and his son Tommy, Baby New Year. Under the authority of Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in 10 relocation centers for the duration of World War II. The relocation of Americans of Japanese descent and of Native Alaskans is a sad chapter, also rich in opportunities for thinking and speaking. The National Archives holds vast resources on this topic. -- For resources about Japanese Relocation and Internment during World War II, see archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html -- For images and documents, search Japanese Internment in Docsteach.org Citation: Topaz, Utah. Evacuees celebrate New Year’s Eve. Japanese Americans at Central Utah Relocation Cent... 12/31/1944 Mace, Charles E., Photographer; Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1947; RG 210; National Archives ID 539711.
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