Photograph caption dated October 28, 1941 reads, “An atmosphere of tenseness hovers over ‘Little Tokio’ [sic] today as the Japanese-American crisis turns critical following Secretary Knox's statement that a Pacific war ‘is inevitable’ and Premier Tojo's ‘we must go on’ challenge. Today 250 Japanese nationals left for Japan. Miss Toshie Yamasaki at left, tourist bureau secretary, is shown aiding a tourist official start his trip.”
Yamasaki, Toshie Japanese Tourists--California--Little Tokyo (Los Angeles) Tourism--Employees World War, 1939-1945 Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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