The story of the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II is an example of a memory and piece of history that has been effectively preserved and subsequently, transferred from generation to generation. ... Unfortunately, one piece of the story that is sometimes overlooked and lost in the history of Pearl Harbor and World War II is the series of horrific events and atrocities that occurred in the United States after the bombing itself. ... Friends, families and relatives were separated, lost and killed. ...

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There seems to be a recurring theme here- it does not matter what country you are, what part of the ocean that you lay claim to. ... The basic idea of gaining territory is when a country conquers a region or island or even piece of waterway, there is usually some significance to what the territory holds, be it natural resources, or a connection to a trade route. ... Again, this dispute is not over a strategic point or a possible new trade route, it is over a piece of land that two countries think have both claimed sovereignty over it in the past. ...

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One such piece of evidence comes from a letter from Syngman Rhee, an exiled Korean conservative, written in the summer of 1945 to President Truman. ... When the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 there was no clear cut manner to adopt trusteeship in Korea, so on August 11, 1945 Korea was split into two separate occupied zones along the thirty-eighth parallel (Lee 2001:21). ... Therefore, in North Korea the people began to unite under themes of anti-colonial nationalism and Soviet style socialism, whereas South Korea was divided between rightist conservatives, leftist communists, and the Ame...

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