Fred Korematsu (1919-2005) ~ Protested Internment at WWII Japanese Camp
![Fred Korematsu ~ Japanese American during WWII](images/fred-korematsu-1940s.jpg)
One man Fred Korematsu (1919-2005) should be remembered as a man that refused the unlawful imprisonment and injustice he endured for his refusal to be wrongly sent to an interment camp. Mr. Korematsu would change his draft status to Spanish-Hawaiian and even change his appearance with plastic surgery. But he was arrested in San Leandros, California on May 30, 1942. He was sent to a Utah camp and spent several years there.
Fred Korematsu fought his wrongful imprisonment all the way up to the United States Surpeme Court, but they would ultimately find him guilty.
![Fred Korematsu ~ Presidential Medal of Freedom 1998 - President William F. Jefferson Clinton](images/fred-korematsus-medal-of-freedom-1998.jpg)
Mr. Korematsu would finally have his conviction overturned by a Federal Court. In 1998 President Clinton would award him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He passed away some ten years ago in 2005.