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JAP LABOR FOR FARMS OF VALLEY – 1945

March 5, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Madera Tribune, 1 October 1945. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Approximately 3500 Japanese prisoners of war now are being transferred to the San Joaquin valley in California for harvest work, the War Department disclosed today. The Japanese are being taken from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and Camp Clarinda, Iowa, at the request of Gov. Earl Warren and California members … [Read more…]

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