42 years ago today, on February 24, 1983 (January 12, 1983 in the lunar calendar), the United States admitted that it was wrong to detain Japanese citizens during World War II. On February 24, 1983, 40 years later, the United States admitted that the forced detention of Japanese citizens during World War II was a mistake. The Congressional Commission of Inquiry stated that the United States was at war with Japan at the time, and President Roosevelt ordered the detention of 140,000 Japanese citizens for fear that Japanese-American citizens would do harm to the United States. This was a serious misconduct.