Americans Interned

130,000 American Soldiers (Men and Women) were held as Prisoners of War by either the Germans or the Japanese during World War 2 (1941-1945.)

(Americans being held by the Japanese at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Japanese-Occupied the Philippines during World War 2.)

27,000 American Soldiers were held POW by the Japanese and 103,000 American Soldiers were held POW by the Germans.

19,000 American Civilians (Men, Women and Children) were interned by either the Germans or the Japanese during World War 2 (1941-1945.)

5,000 American Civilians were interned by the Germans and 14,000 American Civilians were interned by the Japanese.

The Japanese attacked and occupied parts of the United States during the War including: parts of Alaska (1942-1943), Guam (1941-1944) and the Philippines (1941-1945.)

Both American POWs and American Civilians, Men, Women and Children were starved, beaten, tortured, experimented on, used as Sex Slaves and murdered by the Germans and the Japanese.

The US Congress passed the War Claims Act of 1948, which created a War Claims Commission (WCC) to adjudicate claims and pay out small lump-sum compensation payments from a War Claims Fund consisting of seized Japanese, German, and other Axis assets.

Payments to POWs held by either Germany or Japan were at the rate of $1 to $2.50 per day of Imprisonment.

The WCC also paid Civilian Internees of Japan $60 for each month of Internment, and Civilians were also eligible for compensation for Disability or Death.

 The War Claims Act of 1948 did not authorize compensation for Civilian Internees held by Germany.