or speak Japanese. Nevertheless when the war broke out between Japan and U.S., they were asked to fill out a form from Selective Service to prove their loyalty. Number 27 and 28 were two crucial questions, asking if they were willing to serve the army of U.S. in a combat duty and also if they were willing to swear alignment to U.S. government. The people that answered “no” to both questions were considered as no-no boys, and immediately put in jail. Many Nisei and Sansei’s were unhappy about these two questions, because the questions implied that they were at one time loyal to the emperor. As for the Issei’s, since they cannot become U.S. citizens, if they swear alignment to U.S government that means they would become stateless people. Even though many Japanese did not pledge loyal to Japanese Emperor, they still answered “no” to both questions. For those who agreed to fight in combat for U.S., some were even send to Japan to fight against their own blood and kin.Among all the discriminatory actions taken against Japanese American one of the most severe one is the internment camp. There are several reasons that cause this incident. One of the reasons being the successfulness of Japanese in the west coast in the agricultural field. The whites felt that they are being threatened. Thus, executive orders were made to evacuate Japanese from the west cost, conducted by General John D. Dewitt. Japanese were brought to assembly centers before they were distributed to different relocation centers. Japanese were only given one week of notice to gather their belongings and to sell their properties. Japanese, regardless of their citizenship, were send to the internment camp. Unlike what the constitution states, people are innocent until proven guilty, Japanese were being looked upon as disloyal until proven otherwise. Many of the facility’s officials knew little about Japanese American, but ...
