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Hawai‘i Internment Timeline
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Large scale migration to Hawai'i begins
The United States annexes Hawai'i
The Gentlemen's Agreement
The Immigration Act of 1924
“Initial Seizure of Orange Nationals”
Persons of Japanese descent in Hawai‘i number 157,905
Dec 7:
Japan attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec 8:
Sand Island camp activated
Dec 9:
473 arrested as of this date
Dec 18:
Lt. Gen. Delos Emmons appointed as head of the Hawai‘i command.
Feb 19:
Executive Order 9066
Feb 21:
199 prisoners at Sand Island are transported to mainland detention centers
Mar 30:
733 total detainees by this date
Jun 5:
Japanese American Hawai‘i Provisional Infantry Battalion leave Honolulu for San Francisco
Jun 6:
The Battle of Midway ends
Nov:
The first group of immediate family members of men interned in mainland camps leave Hawai‘i to join their husband/fathers.
Feb 1:
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team activated
Mar 1:
Sand Island closes
Oct 24:
Martial law ends.
Aug 14:
Japan surrenders.
Nov 14:
450 internees return to Hawai‘i
Immigration Act of 1952
Hawai‘i becomes the 50th state.
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Public Law 109-441
SB 1228