Vestal: Let’s not repeat history

In December 1941, Americans were understandably rattled. The Japanese military had bombed Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Forces were stunned – battleships sunk, aircraft destroyed, 2,400 lives lost. What the country did next was what people often do in times of crisis and fear: We identified a type of person as an enemy, and then treated all people of that type as an enemy, even though most of these people were not our enemies, even though most of these people were our fellow Americans. In so doing, we trampled on the finest principles of this nation – that we are all equal, that we are presumed innocent, that we cannot be unjustly imprisoned – while ironically sending troops to battle in defense of those very principles. More here.

Question: Do you know anyone who was forced into a Japanese internment camp during World War II?