Hold These Truths (Part 1)
LA Theatre Works
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The Curfew and the Threat to the West Coast
In March, an announcement from General John DeWitt, head of the Western Defense Command. There will be a curfew. All enemy aliens or German Italian and Japanese nationals will remain inside their homes between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. And this curfew will also apply to non-aliens of Japanese ancestry. What the heck? Who? Someone who isn't an alien, someone who isn't foreign born but is of Japanese ancestry? The nisei. Me. It's embarrassing. They're singling us out. If Seattle ever does get bombed, I think you'll see University of Washington sweaters on the boys doing the bombing. That's from CBS Radio.
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