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Title
FBI arrests Japanese civilians on Terminal Island (Calif.), 1941
Date Created and/or Issued
December 7, 1941
1941-12-07
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
FBI agents arrest Japanese males, including many community and religious leaders, in the first round of forced evacuations from Terminal Island following the Japanese attack on Pearl Habor.
Terminal Island, an artificial island in the Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor, was the American base of the Japanese fishing industry until residents were forcefully arrested or evacuated between 1941 and 1942.
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/13030/hb6f59p0tc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Japanese--United States
Legal
World War, 1939-1945
Culture
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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