Remember Pearl Harbor, and the camps that followed

Although the Greatest Generation mostly is no longer with us, Americans always will remember the sacrifice that began Dec. 7, 1941. That’s when Imperial Japan attacked the U.S. bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, without warning. Of eight American battleships moored in the harbor, four were sunk and three damaged; 2,402 U.S. service members were killed, along with 57 civilians.

A day after the attack, which President Roosevelt called “a date that will live in infamy,” Congress declared war on Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Almost four hard-fought years later, 416,000 Americans lay dead from the fighting, an immense cost. An estimated 60 million people died worldwide. Victory meant the defeat of both Imperial Japan, which had committed such atrocities as the “Rape of Nanki