Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States of America 1933-1945, signing the declaration of war against Japan, 8 December 1941. Second World War.

Photo of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States of America 1933-1945, signing the declaration of war against Japan, 8 December 1941. Second World War. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images) — Presidential Proclamation. On February 19, 1942, FDR, top, signs the order that subjected Japanese Americans to relocation and confinement as a wartime precaution against “suspected enemy aliens. (Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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