Japanese Americans Awaiting Assignments

ID: 388 ~ Source: Stewart, Francis. Eden, Idaho. Newly Arrived Evacuees from the Assembly Center at Puyallup, Washington, Are Registered and Assigned Barrack Apartments at This War Relocation Authority Center. 1942. Photographic Negative. Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945. National Archives at College Park. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/538283.
 ~ Creator: Francis Stewart ~ Date: 1942
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People living in America of Japanese ancestry were forcefully relocated to internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In this image, the internees are awaiting barrack assignments.

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By Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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