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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
As you know, during World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans across our country were forced from their homes as a consequence of an executive order that authorized the exclusion of Japanese Americans.
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Derek Kilmer
Democratic · Washington

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Kilmer discusses the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

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