Notable Figures

Mitsuye Endo
The catalyst to the end of the incarceration of the Japanese. Endo was a 22 year old clerical worker in Sacramento, California. She was the perfect person to choose for the battle against the legality of the exclusion order. On July 12, 1942, an outside lawyer filed a writ of Habeas Corpus for Endo. The case was called Ex Parte Endo. When the court decided that it was unlawful to detain her, she was released from the Relocation Camp. This was the first major step toward the end of the Japanese internment.

John Lesesne DeWitt
Born in 1880, General Dewitt was one of the major reasons behind the suffering of the Japanese. During the internment era, he commanded the Fourth Army, which was responsible for evacuating all of the Japanese into the War Relocation Camps. He retired in 1947 with great honor bestowed upon him by the government. Seven years after his retirement, Dewitt was promoted to a Major General.

Ruth A. Tanaka
Ruth became a part of the nurse corps in 1949. She was stationed in Germany, Japan, California, Texas, and Korea. She was a Liertenant colonel for 20 years.