History · February 19, 1942

Internment of Japanese Americans

84 years ago · Japanese-American relocation camp, United States

84th anniversary

During World War II, about 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in ten concentration camps in the United States, operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens.

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