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During the curfew, whoever went out, the people were watching you. Any Japanese home, there was some person figuring he's a good American citizen by doing his duty, and they were watching every move each family were doin'. Or if they went out, they followed them to see where they were goin'.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: home, you, family, good

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I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: thought, military, doing
All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: because, thought, time, me
Before the war, my parents were very proud people. They'd always talk about Japan and also about the samurai and things like that. Right after Pearl Harbor, they were just real quiet. They kept to themselves; they were afraid to talk about what could happen. I assume they knew that nothing good would come out of it.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: parents, people, war, good
I don't even know how it is to have a home. I feel like an orphan or something.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: like, know, feel, home
That was it - I lost my job... I was very discouraged. I wanted to be in defense work... I'm an American, and I have nothin' to do with Japan, and so it's sort of an insult to me.
— Fred Korematsu
Tags: insult, job, me, work
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