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Farming Behind Barbed Wire: Japanese-Americans Remember WWII Incarceration

Many of the Japanese Americans incarcerated at Tule Lake had been farmers before the war. At camp, they were employed as field workers, often for $12 a month. Here, incarcerees work in a carrot field. (Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project via The National Archives)
Many of the Japanese Americans incarcerated at Tule Lake had been farmers before the war. At camp, they were employed as field workers, often for $12 a month. Here, incarcerees work in a carrot field. (Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project via The National Archives)

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