A chilling moment to mark the 75th anniversary of the executive order that led to Japanese American internment

Tokuji Yoshihashi, 94, is photographed with his collection of medals at home in San Gabriel. Exactly 75 years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the incarceration of Yoshihashi and 120,000 other Japanese Americans

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Feb. 19, 2017 9:11 AM PT

Exactly 75 years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the incarceration of Tokuji Yoshihashi and 120,000 other Japanese Americans.

An old photo of Tokuji Yoshihashi, 94, at his home in San Gabriel.

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Tokuji Yoshihashi, 94, flips through an old photo album at his home in San Gabriel.

(Christina House / For The Times)

While looking through an old photo album at his home in San Gabriel, Tokuji Yoshihashi, 94, points at himself as a young man in a photograph taken atop the Empire State Building in New York.

(Christina House / For The Times)