On the night following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the deserted Main Street of the Japanese fishing community at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, United States, 8 Dec 1941.

Caption     On the night following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the deserted Main Street of the Japanese fishing community at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, United States, 8 Dec 1941. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseLos Angeles Daily News
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Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 5,822 x 4,117 pixels
Photos on Same Day 8 Dec 1941
Photos at Same Place Los Angeles, California, United States
Added By David Stubblebine



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
27 Jul 2022 10:37:20 AM

This community was home to about 3,500 Japanese Americans. On 9 Feb 1942, all of the older men were taken into custody, ten days before the Executive Order authorizing internment was signed. Once Executive Order 9066 was signed, the remaining residents were given 48 hours to evacuate their homes before they were sent to internment camps (most of them going to Manzanar). This was the first Japanese community to be evacuated and interned en masse. Once vacated, the entire neighborhood was bulldozed to the ground.

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