"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:45:19 -0500, thunder
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:29:47 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


It's this kind of thinking that resulted in over 110,000
Japanese-Americans being "relocated" at the beginning of Wo rldWarII.

When you are at war, you have to cover your bases.

Cover your bases? By interning American citizens?

They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the circumstances.

Dave


Why do you suppose millions of Germans weren't rounded up too?

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:33:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:45:19 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:29:47 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


It's this kind of thinking that resulted in over 110,000
Japanese-Americans being "relocated" at the beginning of Wo rldWarII.

When you are at war, you have to cover your bases.

Cover your bases? By interning American citizens?

They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the circumstances.

Why do you suppose millions of Germans weren't rounded up too?

Initially, there was strong sentiment in the country for the Germans
which, as you would expect, strong in the middle section of the
country. I suppose that had something to do with it. Also, they were
white, which also had something to do with it.

However, there was point right before we entered the war in which
Germans in middle America were not interred as much as spyed and
reported on. My maternal Grandparents, for instance, had a shortwave
radio taken away from them because they could have received sabotage
instructions over it. Even though they had three kids in the service,
my mother in the USCG and her two brothers in the Marine Corps, they
were still suspect.

It just wasn't internment - it was suspicion which can be just as bad.

All the best,

Tom
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some looney bin somewhere?"

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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:45:19 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:29:47 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


It's this kind of thinking that resulted in over 110,000
Japanese-Americans being "relocated" at the beginning of Wo
rldWarII.

When you are at war, you have to cover your bases.

Cover your bases? By interning American citizens?

They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the circumstances.

Dave


Why do you suppose millions of Germans weren't rounded up too?



Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the coastal
residents.
Bill

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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:45:19 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:29:47 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


It's this kind of thinking that resulted in over 110,000
Japanese-Americans being "relocated" at the beginning of Wo
rldWarII.

When you are at war, you have to cover your bases.

Cover your bases? By interning American citizens?

They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the circumstances.

Dave


Why do you suppose millions of Germans weren't rounded up too?



Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the coastal
residents.
Bill



Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac River!

DSK

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:53:51 -0500, DSK wrote:

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac River!

There is one sunk off of Newport which was a scuttle after being
attacked on the surface by the CG and another out by The Dump that is
a confirmed Uboat, but they don't have the documentation on it.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:53:51 -0500, DSK wrote:

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the
coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac River!


There is one sunk off of Newport which was a scuttle after being
attacked on the surface by the CG and another out by The Dump that is
a confirmed Uboat, but they don't have the documentation on it.

Later,

Tom

Is that the one the private divers discovered and researched? Show on PBS
one time about it.

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:58:53 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:53:51 -0500, DSK wrote:

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the
coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac River!


There is one sunk off of Newport which was a scuttle after being
attacked on the surface by the CG and another out by The Dump that is
a confirmed Uboat, but they don't have the documentation on it.

Is that the one the private divers discovered and researched? Show on PBS
one time about it.

Yes - they can't figure out which U boat it is. It could be one of
seven different boats.

It has also entered the Hitler lore as a possible treasure ship, much
like U-853 off Block Island.

Later,

Tom

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:53:51 -0500, DSK wrote:

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the
coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long
Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac
River!


There is one sunk off of Newport which was a scuttle after being
attacked on the surface by the CG and another out by The Dump that is
a confirmed Uboat, but they don't have the documentation on it.

Later,

Tom

Is that the one the private divers discovered and researched? Show on
PBS
one time about it.



That was off New Jersey.

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:53:51 -0500, DSK wrote:

Were they on the coast? The Japanese that were interred were the coastal
residents.


IIRC the Americans... yes, native born Americans of Japanese descent...
interned during WW2 were not only from the West Coast.

Doug Kanter wrote:
Well...let's see...plenty of Germans lived in NYC, NJ and Long Island.
German subs got as close as a few miles off the coast of NJ & LI.


Heck yeah, there was a German sub sunk at the mouth of the Potomac River! ;



Supposedly there's another one sunk off the coast of N.J.. My father
grew up in Atlantic City and used to tell me about sighting "U-Boats"
off the coast. One of his favorite wrecks to fish there was sunk as a
result of those subs.

The people had to have dark curtains hung over their windows at night,
and there were strict curfews. This was a part of those "rights" they
were suspended during the war.....


Dave