Shown at a 1983 press conference here are Fred Korematsu, (left), Minoru Yasui, center, &#xA0;and Gordon Hirabayashi, right. The three men were petitioning to re-open their cases against the U.S. government for the evacuation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)