Displaying his honors and service from World War I, an American veteran arrives at the Santa Anita Park ‘assembly center’, a temporary detention facility used during the implementation of Japanese-American internment, 1942 [2849×2211]
This photo, by Dorothea Lange was not allowed for publication at the time it was taken, the War Relocation Authority impounding the negatives in line with Office of War Information policy to prevent publication of photographs which might engender too much sympathy for the American people being rounded up and placed in internment camps during the war.
nikoneer1980
One of America’s more embarrassing and despicable moments.
TheMwarrior50
As a Japanese American this makes me do a sad :c
chronicinebri8
Each one of those hash marks on his forearm represent 3 years of service.
Georgy_K_Zhukov
This photo, by Dorothea Lange was not allowed for publication at the time it was taken, the War Relocation Authority impounding the negatives in line with Office of War Information policy to prevent publication of photographs which might engender too much sympathy for the American people being rounded up and placed in internment camps during the war.
nikoneer1980
One of America’s more embarrassing and despicable moments.
TheMwarrior50
As a Japanese American this makes me do a sad :c
chronicinebri8
Each one of those hash marks on his forearm represent 3 years of service.
darshfloxington
Seaman 1st Class, Ships Cook third Class.