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Description
Photograph shows guard on duty in guard tower at Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. Caption on album page: "The military were responsible for the external security of the Assembly Centers in the interest of all factors. In addition to details of Military Police assigned to the external boundaries of the Centers, guard towers were erected at strategic points and a watch kept for fires or other dangers. Photo shows guard on duty in watchtower at Tanforan (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2255-PSF. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 8 x 10 in. image/jpeg
World War II--Military service World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Security World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Impacts of incarceration World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration
Place
San Bruno, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Tanforan
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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