Pearl Jam

The Pearl Harbor attack will forever be viewed as the dark ages for the U.S. Laws were executed to stop Japanese immigration. Japanese Americans faced so much discrimination. About 120,000 Japanese Americans were relocated in internment camps, were they faced harsh times. Japanese Americans were not allowed to enlist in the military for being “the enemy raise” but later were able serve in the military. About 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the military, they joined about 4,500 troops in the…

What if one day you had to move somewhere unfamiliar, was falsely accused of something you never did, and had to deal with race prejudice everyday? This was the injustice the Japanese Americans had to go through during WW II. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 12/071941, the United States reaction took a very effective part in american history. The FBI started arresting Japanese American known as community leaders and were taken away from their families. President Roosevelt signed the…

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang relates the invasion of Nanking by the Japanese army and narrates what the Japanese did to the Chinese army, citizens and other people of the city and how the different people acted during the event. Iris Chang's description of the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese, and the Westerners follow what Machiavelli, Locke, and Rousseau say about human nature. Their ideas on how people behave in the state of nature and Machiavelli's behaviors that leaders should exhibit…

It was December 7th, 1941 the worst day in US history: the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The next day the President told the World, "I asked that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack on Japan on Sunday, a state of war has existed between United States and Japanese Empire." The child was very mad because his dad was going to be going to be in the Navy because they recruited husband, because he was a experience out on the ocean. The child said " It was weird not…

"…in the case of the second bomb, timing was everything…Truman's refusal to delay it – was America's first act of the Cold War" (Campbell & Logevall, 2009, p. 56). The Pacific Theater was one of the fronts of World War II and the main clash of the Allies was against the Empire of Japan. Even after Nazi Germany's surrender the Japanese were unwilling to submit - as dictated by their culture. There was no option of an unconditional surrender by Japan. Only keeping the Emperor in power. The allies…

The book “Day of Infamy”, was taken place in Pearl Harbor on a Naval Base. Japanese fired over to Pearl Harbor, deadly torpedoes on the soldiers, generals, and civilians of the Pacific fleet. All of these people felt shock, fear, and rage. With all the chaos, thousands of people’s personal stories came together, these were letters, diaries, and interviews. Walter Lord did not focus on the point of other people, but the people who experienced the attack first hand. From the musicians who insisted…

However, Japan’s attitude towards overseas expansion, though being recognized as aggressive and imperialistic, was tied and restricted by several treaties and by the established international law. The Asian country started to claim new territories, but under the Powers’ dictations, these movements were clearly limited, revealing a Western imperialist mood that impacted on Japan to set in motion for a dramatic change in their thoughts of growth. “The Manchurian Incident”, happening in September…

Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor!!!!! Dateline, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Today, warplanes of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval Station at Pearl Harbor. While the losses are not yet known in detail, estimates say that 2,400 service members were killed. Four battleships have been sunk with one of them, the Arizona, apparently damaged beyond hope of restoring her to service. The attack involved hundreds of airplanes and came in two, possible three organized…

side of the Allies. After the demise of F.D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman assumed office as the US President. And how he ordered the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima of Japan, that destroyed those cities, is now a pathetic history.”¹ The bombing of Pearl harbor had a large worldwide impact in many aspects. It shocked a nation and altered the entire world. For example, it changed the relationships between countries such as altering states of war².It shifted the economy both in and…

The day of December 7, 1941 had immense impacts on om American history. On that morning Pearl Harbor, a United States naval base in Hawaii, was attacked by Japanese bombers killing thousands of people and injuring many more(Paul Davis, ABC-CLIO). Nearly twenty American naval ships were destroyed along with about three hundred planes(Davis, ABC-CLIO). A day later Congress approved President Roosevelt’s declaration of war. Conflict with Japan, however, had been imminent for decades. American…