Above -- Young Americans of Japanese descent who have just arrived at an assembly center, wait to have their bags inspected. Below left -- The assembly center at Santa Anita, California, where Japanese-Americans stayed before being moved inland to the relocation center. Below right -- A relocation center seen during a dust storm. (Photo credits: U.S. National Archives)

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