Hello friends, welcome. I'm so glad you're here today because this is the first episode

in a new series. For the next few weeks we're going to explore a part of American history

that we tend to learn very little about. The carceration of Japanese Americans during

World War II. When we think about World War II we have a picture

of a war that happened mostly overseas and we think about our country's involvement

as primarily positive. We sent troops to Europe and beyond to help the allied forces and

we created a cohesive wartime effort at home to support our soldiers.

But if you've been tuning into this podcast for a while, you know that to truly understand

American history, we need to take a deeper look. While joining the draft propaganda posters

and newspaper ads of Rosie the Riveter united the nation's wartime efforts, much of the

public was also united in their support of another effort that was carried out by the

government during the war. The incarceration of Japanese Americans after the bombing of

Pearl Harbor. So let's dive into the details, the Howes and the Wies and learn more about

the resilience shown by the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were forcibly removed from their

homes, their neighborhoods, their jobs, and their schools, and who endured government-enforced

wartime imprisonment right here in America. I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets

interesting.

Some things leave you guessing. Like, why are yours contagious? But not MailChimp. MailChimp

eliminates guesswork from email marketing by analysing data from billions of emails

to offer up personalized recommendations for how to improve your email content and targeting.

Guess less and sell more, within to it MailChimp. Want your voice to be heard across Spotify,

Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, and hundreds of other podcast apps? Then you should start

...