Order 9066

APM Reports & The Smithsonian

Order 9066 chronicles the history of the WWII Japanese American Incarceration through vivid, first-person accounts of those who lived through it. The series explores how this shocking violation of American democracy came to pass, and its legacy in the present.

  • 34 minutes 49 seconds
    Chapter 8: Seeking Redress
    Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War Two demand that the federal government take account of their suffering and make reparations.
    2 July 2018, 5:00 am
  • 32 minutes 31 seconds
    Chapter 7: Leaving Camp
    At the end of 1944, the U.S. government lifted the order barring people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Many people freed from camp faced racism and poverty as they tried to rebuild their lives. Some found that leaving camp was even harder than being sent there.
    25 June 2018, 5:00 am
  • 15 minutes 5 seconds
    Childhood at Heart Mountain
    Two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.
    18 June 2018, 5:00 am
  • 36 minutes 22 seconds
    Chapter 6: Resistance
    The Japanese Americans who protested their incarceration and defied the pressure to prove their patriotism.
    11 June 2018, 5:00 am
  • 10 minutes 1 second
    Objects of Incarceration
    A handmade pin tells an improbable love story from camp.
    4 June 2018, 5:00 am
  • 34 minutes 9 seconds
    Chapter 5: Fighting for Freedom
    More than 33,000 Japanese American men and women served in World War II. They fought as soldiers in Europe, and as translators in the Pacific.
    28 May 2018, 5:00 am
  • 29 minutes 40 seconds
    Chapter 4: Gaman - Making Do
    It was a time to persevere in the face of the unendurable, and to do so with dignity. The Japanese term for that is Gaman.
    3 April 2018, 5:00 am
  • 12 minutes 37 seconds
    Music on Heart Mountain
    Kishi Bashi, the renowned alt-rock musician, has been improvising music in places connected to the Japanese American incarceration. That includes the top of Heart Mountain, in Wyoming. Hear Kishi Bashi climb the mountain and perform a song that is part of his "songfilm" project, Omoiyari.
    26 March 2018, 5:00 am
  • 25 minutes 44 seconds
    Chapter 3: Prison Cities
    In the first months of incarceration, Japanese Americans were hit with the humiliating conditions of camp life. The U.S. government denied that people of Japanese ancestry living in the "assembly centers" were prisoners, but the first summer in these camps proved otherwise.
    19 March 2018, 5:00 am
  • 17 minutes 15 seconds
    Songs of Incarceration
    Musicians Julian Saporiti and Erin Aoyama perform songs about the incarceration in a former barrack at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. With a special appearance from Kishi Bashi.
    12 March 2018, 5:00 am
  • 23 minutes 29 seconds
    Chapter 2: The Order
    After Pearl Harbor, pressure grew to forcibly relocate all persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific coast. This episode tells the story behind FDR's decision to sign Order 9066, and Japanese Americans recall the painful process of leaving their lives and belongings -- and even their family pets -- behind.
    5 March 2018, 6:00 am
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