A Japanese mother and her child stand by as battle-scarred veterans of the Second Marine Division march into the patio at Union Station on July 31, 1945. This unusual scene occurred when a group of 96 Japanese returned here from a relocation camp in Arkansas and unexpectedly encountered 400 Leathernecks who had just arrived from the Pacific.
Pasadena Japanese Union Church Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Armed forces Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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