Here is a War Relocation Authority station wagon crowded with Japanese heading for the Nevada line and complete freedom, passing through a military police sentry line at Manzanar on November 18, 1943. Once in Nevada, the evacuees will board trains and buses for the midwest and east, where they have been offered jobs.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Manzanar (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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