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Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry sits at an assembly center in Salinas, California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. February 19, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of FDR signing executive order 9066, authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)

Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry sits at an assembly center in Salinas, California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. February 19, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of FDR signing executive order 9066, authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)



M. Ogi, S. Sugimoto, and Bunkichi Hayashi standing among shelves with boxes in a warehouse at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

M. Ogi, S. Sugimoto, and Bunkichi Hayashi standing among shelves with boxes in a warehouse at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in California, in this April 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Clem Albers/Department of the Interior/War Relocation Authority/National Archives/Reuters)

A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in California, in this April 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Clem Albers/Department of the Interior/War Relocation Authority/National Archives/Reuters)



A view of the quarters at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. Mount Whitney, highest peak in the contiguous United States, is visible in the background. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)

A view of the quarters at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. Mount Whitney, highest peak in the contiguous United States, is visible in the background. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)



Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)

Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this April - July 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)



A nurse tends to four infants in cribs at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

A nurse tends to four infants in cribs at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



An early comer, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, later to be housed in war relocation authority centers for the duration of the war, in this June 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)

An early comer, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, later to be housed in war relocation authority centers for the duration of the war, in this June 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)



A large sign reading “I am an American” placed in the window of a store, at 13th and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor, is pictured in Oakland, California in this March 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)

A large sign reading “I am an American” placed in the window of a store, at 13th and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor, is pictured in Oakland, California in this March 1942 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection/Library of Congress/Reuters)



Students seated in a classroom laboratory listen to a science instructor at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Students seated in a classroom laboratory listen to a science instructor at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura, holding hands with her two daughters, Joyce Yuki Nakamura and Louise Tami Nakamura, walk under a pavilion in a park at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura, holding hands with her two daughters, Joyce Yuki Nakamura and Louise Tami Nakamura, walk under a pavilion in a park at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Roy Takeno, standing, addresses a group of men gathered for a town hall meeting at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Roy Takeno, standing, addresses a group of men gathered for a town hall meeting at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Benji Iguchi driving tractor in a field at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Benji Iguchi driving tractor in a field at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa and a class of female students sit at a table looking at fashion magazines and patterns. The students are: Satoko Oka, Chizuko Karnii, Takako Nakanishi, Kikiyo Yamasuchi, Masako Kimochita, Mitsugo Fugi, Mie Mio, Chiye Kawase, and Miyeko Hoshozike, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa and a class of female students sit at a table looking at fashion magazines and patterns. The students are: Satoko Oka, Chizuko Karnii, Takako Nakanishi, Kikiyo Yamasuchi, Masako Kimochita, Mitsugo Fugi, Mie Mio, Chiye Kawase, and Miyeko Hoshozike, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Florence Kuwata during baton practice at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Florence Kuwata during baton practice at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Sumiko Shigematsu supervises a row of women seated at sewing machines at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Sumiko Shigematsu supervises a row of women seated at sewing machines at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



A bird's-eye view of grounds from the guard tower; view west, showing buildings, roads, and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

A bird's-eye view of grounds from the guard tower; view west, showing buildings, roads, and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Toyo Miyatake stands in his children's bedroom looking at his young daughter drawing at a desk, while her mother stands behind her, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Toyo Miyatake stands in his children's bedroom looking at his young daughter drawing at a desk, while her mother stands behind her, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Three school children standing against a wall at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Three school children standing against a wall at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Three young women seated in a biology classroom, Kiyo Yoshida, Lillian Wakatsuki, Yoshiko Yamasaki, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Three young women seated in a biology classroom, Kiyo Yoshida, Lillian Wakatsuki, Yoshiko Yamasaki, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Spectators watch a baseball game at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Spectators watch a baseball game at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



A marble monument with an inscription that reads, “Monument for the Pacification of Spirits”, in the cemetary at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

A marble monument with an inscription that reads, “Monument for the Pacification of Spirits”, in the cemetary at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



A mess line is formed in front of a building at midday at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

A mess line is formed in front of a building at midday at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Tom Kobayashi seated in a field, his elbow resting on his knee and his hand on his chin, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Tom Kobayashi seated in a field, his elbow resting on his knee and his hand on his chin, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Driver Benji Iguchi looks on as mechanic Henry Hanawa repairs a tractor engine at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Driver Benji Iguchi looks on as mechanic Henry Hanawa repairs a tractor engine at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



Roy Takeno stands behind a table addressing a town hall meeting with an American flag on the wall behind him at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

Roy Takeno stands behind a table addressing a town hall meeting with an American flag on the wall behind him at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



People of Japanese ancestry load a bus heading to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)

People of Japanese ancestry load a bus heading to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943. (Photo by Courtesy Ansel Adams/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/Reuters)



First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, pledge allegiance to the American flag at the Weill public school in San Francisco, April 1942. (Photo by Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress/Reuters)

First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, pledge allegiance to the American flag at the Weill public school in San Francisco, April 1942. (Photo by Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress/Reuters)



Residents of Japanese ancestry line up for registration in San Francisco, April 1942. (Photo by Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress/Reuters)

Residents of Japanese ancestry line up for registration in San Francisco, April 1942. (Photo by Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress/Reuters)
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