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Historian and librarian Sarah Okner, a descendant of internees, shares photos and details of daily life in an internment camp and the profound effects it had on those living there.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forced from their homes and into relocation camps in remote areas of the country. Among the over 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated, over two-thirds were American-born, many of whom were children.
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