Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "John Lesesne DeWitt (January 9, 1880-June 20, 1962) was a general in the United States Army, best known for his vocal support of the internment of Japanese-Americans and his role supervising the combat operations in the Aleutian Islands, some of which had been invaded by Japanese forces during World War II.General DeWitt believed that Japanese and Japanese Americans in California, Oregon, and Washington could be conspiring against the American war effort, and recommended they be removed from coastal areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, and issued Executive Order 9066, which directed the forced removal of men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to federal internment camps. Dewitt issued military proclamations to carry out the order, incarcerating 110,000 Japanese men, women and children, 62% of whom were American-born citizens."@en }
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- John_L._DeWitt abstract "John Lesesne DeWitt (January 9, 1880-June 20, 1962) was a general in the United States Army, best known for his vocal support of the internment of Japanese-Americans and his role supervising the combat operations in the Aleutian Islands, some of which had been invaded by Japanese forces during World War II.General DeWitt believed that Japanese and Japanese Americans in California, Oregon, and Washington could be conspiring against the American war effort, and recommended they be removed from coastal areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, and issued Executive Order 9066, which directed the forced removal of men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to federal internment camps. Dewitt issued military proclamations to carry out the order, incarcerating 110,000 Japanese men, women and children, 62% of whom were American-born citizens.".
- Q1700829 abstract "John Lesesne DeWitt (January 9, 1880-June 20, 1962) was a general in the United States Army, best known for his vocal support of the internment of Japanese-Americans and his role supervising the combat operations in the Aleutian Islands, some of which had been invaded by Japanese forces during World War II.General DeWitt believed that Japanese and Japanese Americans in California, Oregon, and Washington could be conspiring against the American war effort, and recommended they be removed from coastal areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, and issued Executive Order 9066, which directed the forced removal of men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to federal internment camps. Dewitt issued military proclamations to carry out the order, incarcerating 110,000 Japanese men, women and children, 62% of whom were American-born citizens.".