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Internees in farm field, c. 1942-45

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Internees in farm field, c. 1942-45

Internees were sometimes permitted to leave camp for work. Here, Kaz Adachi, Mas Terashito, Jim Mishima, and Frank Mishima, all internees from the Manzanar, California, camp, take a break from working in a beet field in Idaho.

Courtesy of the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society