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Santa Anita Racetrack

This was where the Takeis were taken after they were removed from their home. They had to sleep in a stable and shower outside.

Los Angeles

This was where George’s parents met, married, and had their children. They ran a dry cleaning business there before and after the war.

Camp Rohwer

This was the internment camp in Arkansas where the Takeis were taken.

Camp Tule Lake

This was an internment camp in California. It housed the Takeis and others who refused to pledge loyalty to the U.S. It was a maximum security facility.

Executive Order 9066

This was the law that authorized certain areas of the United States as military zones and allowed the removal of Japanese-Americans to internment camps.

Loyalty Questionnaire

This was a survey distributed to all Japanese-Americans in internment camps who were over 17 in 1943. The Takeis and other Japanese-Americans reluctantly answered...

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