Was the 1942 forced relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans to an "internment" or an "incarceration?" Who says? Does it matter?

On February 19, 1942, in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the intent of mitigating Japanese spy activity on United States soil. This commenced the forcible removal of some 120,000 Japanese residents, mostly American citizens, from their homes and into military-zoned internment camps throughout California, Washington and Oregon. One of these camps was the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Inyo County, California.

Dr. Troy Kaji will share the history of Manzanar through the lens of his father and his father's family’s experience. He will feature stories of faith, how Christians responded to the internment crisis, and how their various choices might speak to Christ-followers today. Come and listen, ask questions, dialogue. 

About Dr. Troy Kaji

Troy Kaji, M.D. earned his medical degree from University of California, Davis in 1986. While at Davis, Troy began his personal research on Japanese American physicians and hospitals, in an ongoing quest to understand his heritage from his physician-grandfather, Kikuo Tashiro. Both his parents' families were interned in Japanese Relocation Centers during WWII. He has been giving tours of Manzanar to family, friends and church communities of St. Mary Magdalen Church and Church Without Walls Berkeley since 2021.