A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "Evacuee farmers are harvesting Daikon, a large radish like vegetable which is a great delicacy among the Japanese people. It is eaten either raw, cooked or pickled. The seed for this crop was loaned by the Min Omata, unit foreman, from Fresno, California. This center harvested 65 acres of this vegetable, and is the only WRA project growing it in large quantities." 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; 5 x 7 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs World War II--Incarceration camps--Food Industry and employment--Agriculture
Place
Rivers, Arizona Incarceration Camps--Gila River
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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