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Manzanar World War Two Relocation Camp Sign – California

August 27, 2024 0 Comments

Manzanar World War Two Relocation Camp Sign - California

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A wooden sign designates the Manzanar War Relocation Center with a view of the snow covered Eastern Sierra Nevada Range of California in the distance.

Manzanar was one of 10 concentration camps created by the United States government, to incarcerate more than 120,000 United States citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The Japanese Americans were held from March 1942 to November 1945. Manzanar is located in the Owens Valley close to Death Valley and the Nevada border. The name Manzanar means apple orchard in Spanish, which comes from the name of the town once located there, as well as the area’s previous farming history.

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1941 Pearl Harbor Speech – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

September 18, 2022 0 Comments

1941 Pearl Harbor Speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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The following speech from President Roosevelt is carved in stone at the World -War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.- Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941, a date which live in infamy…no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory – President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt was the only president in American history to serve four terms, from 1933, to 1945, encapsulating a period that included the Great Depression and the second World War.

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Military Bunker – Battery Russell – Ft. Stevens Oregon

August 30, 2022 0 Comments

Military Bunker - Battery Russell - Ft. Stevens Oregon

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Pictured is the ammunition bunker of Battery Russel, which was built at Fort Stevens along the Oregon coast, in 1904. It was operational up through 1944, only months before the end of World War II. Battery Russell was named for Major General David Russell, who fought in and died during the Civil War. Battery Russell and Fort Stevens were the only stateside military installations attacked by enemy forces since the Battle of 1812. A Japanese submarine fired more than a dozen shells at the Fort, but caused no damage. Battery Russell was unable to return fire, because its guns were unable to match the range of the Japanese submarine. This ultimately led to the battery’s decommissioning and replacement by Battery 245, which had longer range guns.

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