The order led to the internment of Japanese Americans or AJAs (Americans of Japanese Ancestry) in which some 120, 000 ethnic Japanese people were held in internment camps for the duration of the war.
Feeling guilty that I was late for the dinner, I rushed to the restaurant where my friends had already finished their meals. They were happy to see me but wondered why I was so late.
To remind me of that, I carry a stuffed toy, a small spotted dog that five-year-old Amber Mary brought me, along with a plastic bag holding a few pennies, at the end of a talk I gave in Florida.