Roseville Area Schools Community Education

Proclamation 9066 was passed February 19, 1942. This proclamation, called for the incarceration of all Japanese on the west coast during World War II. Peggy Doi was the daughter of Japanese American parents, she will present their story. This will include an important part of MN’s history as her Dad and many other Japanese Americans volunteered or were recruited from the camps where they and their families were incarcerated for the Military Intelligence Service Language School, located first at Camp Savage and later Fort Snelling during World War II. They trained Japanese Americans to be translators and/or to fight in the Pacific Theater. Peggy tells the story of her family before and during this time.