her areas of business (Bosworth, 1967). This economic success, especially during the Depression, became fuel for an ever-increasing anti-Japanese sentiment during the late 1930s and into the 1940s.
             Life changed drastically for the Japanese and Japanese Americans on December 7 1941. The undeclared attack on the Hawaiian Islands shook the American military and counter espionage departments to the core.
             In the days following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, an immediate attack on the West Coast was anticipated. Fear gripped the country and a wave of hysterical antipathy against those of Japanese ancestry engulfed the Pacific Coast (Weber, 1980).
             Between 31 December 1941 and 31 March 1942, anti-Japanese rage resulted in 36 cases of vigilantism, including seven murders (Weber, 1980). By March 1942, national public opinion polls showed 93% were in favor of evacuating all of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast (Weber, 1980).
             With tensions on the West Coast running high, General John L. DeWitt, Commanding General of the Western Defense Command, requested authorization from the Secretary of War to evacuate "Japanese and other possible subversive persons" from the West Coast area (Weber, 1980). Due to the concerns of General DeWitt and internal pressures in Washington, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans to
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