Japanese-Americans Await Transportation May 1942

Japanese-Americans in Salinas, California, await transportation to a reception center due to evacuation orders in May 1942. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government initiated mass evacuations of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast. This image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection, documenting significant wartime measures taken during World War II.

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