{"id":1483,"date":"2017-09-01T03:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T03:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/njahs.org\/confinementsites\/?page_id=1483"},"modified":"2021-05-05T01:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T01:50:46","slug":"salinas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/njahs.org\/confinementsites\/salinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Salinas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Salinas
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United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. Final Report, Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942. Washington 1943.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Salinas Assembly Center (U.S. government name) opened on April 27, 1942. The camp was made up of 165 buildings north and east of the racetrack, with 6 buildings erected inside of the racetrack. The total population was 3,608 for the 69 days the camp was in operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The camp was closed on July 4, 1942, with much of the population going to Poston and a handful being sent to Tule Lake.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong>
\nConfinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War 2 Japanese American Relocation Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Densho.org<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n

Salinas Digital Library<\/span><\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”1px”]
Documents<\/span><\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”1px”]
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