Mosaru Oshio and His Children at the Poston War Relocation Center
6/1/1942
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During World War II, Japanese Americans were targeted and detained at internment camps, including the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona (also known as the Poston War Relocation Center).
The original caption for this photograph reads: Poston, Arizona. Mosaru Oshio with his children on the steps of his barrack home at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
The original caption for this photograph reads: Poston, Arizona. Mosaru Oshio with his children on the steps of his barrack home at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 536155
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-A193; Poston, Arizona. Mosaru Oshio with his children on the steps of his barrack home at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.; 6/1/1942; Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/oshio-family-poston, January 21, 2025]Activities that use this document
- Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
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