Two Japanese residents of Gardena are shown being searched by deputy sheriffs after they were taken into custody on March 13, 1942, in a giant roundup staged by federal agents and other officers. Left to right, Deputy Sheriff Edson Evans, Sohei Hakehashi, 55, storekeeper; Koichi Oriba, 58, farmer; and Deputy Sheriff Robert Holder.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Gardena (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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