Manzanar Relocation Center: From the Perspective of the WRA Photos
RoyKakuda
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The inmates arrived by train.
On March 2,1942, the first 82 Japanese Americans arrived at the camp. And by July 1942, Manzanar's population was nearly 10,000.
The full caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:
Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center.
Based on this original
Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center. Yoshisaburo Kitada and his dog Miki being assisted off of the train.
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