This collection of 222 photographs documents the relocation of Japanese Americans in Southern California during World War II and immediately thereafter, as captured by Los Angeles Examiner and wire service photographers. Much of the coverage documents scenes of:

The relocation process

Life in camps at Manzanar, Santa Anita, Tanforan, and Tule Lake

Post-war repatriation to Japan

222 photographs

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