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Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

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Documents uncovered in the 1980s by researcher Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and attorney Peter Irons show that during World War II, a Department of Justice Attorney, Edward Ennis, learned that claims made by General John DeWitt to justify the mass removal of Japanese Americans were untrue.

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Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

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2022

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Osaki, John

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2022

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Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

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Jon Osaki

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Osaki, John

Date

2022

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Moving Image

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Video

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mp4

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Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

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Jon Osaki

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45.01.VID.087

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