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 Yasuko Noda |
 Ujinobu Niwa |
 Tadao Shintani |
 Tsugimaro Sakata |
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 Toru Okamoto |
 Bruce Kaji |
 Shizuko Sakamoto |
 Sam Ono |
All people of Japanese ancestry living in the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Southern Arizona were excluded from certain areas designated as "military areas" and relocated first to temporary detention centers and later, to one of 10 permanent War Relocation Authority camps. They could take only what they could carry. Many lost farms, crops, businesses and many personal belongings. Most were given less than 2 weeks and as short as 48 hours to prepare for their departure. Losses incurred during this time are estimated in the billions of dollars. Beginning in march, 1942, the first Japanese Americans arrived in Manzanar. Located in the Owens Valley, it was at one time a fertile area with many apple farms. As Los Angeles grew, the water from the valley was diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct and as a result, the Owens Valley degenerated into a man-made desert. Over the next six months, Manzanar became home to over 10,000 people in 504 barracks. Each family was allowed a space of twenty by twenty-five feet. The rooms were furnished with army cots, straw mattresses and electricity. There were communal mess halls, laundry facilities and latrines. |
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 Sumiko Nakashima |
 Ruth Takechi |
 Reggie Shikami |
 Nobuko Okumura |
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