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CHL No. 934.08 Temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans/Stockton Assembly Center - San Joaquin

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NO. 934 TEMPORARY DETENTION CAMPS FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS-STOCKTON ASSEMBLY CENTER - Here, within the confines of San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, enclosed by barbed wire and housed in temporary barracks, 4,217 San Joaquin County residents of Japanese ancestry, predominately American citizens, were interned from May 10 to October 17, 1942 under Executive Order 9066. May such usurpation of civil, social, and economic rights, without specific charges or trial, never again occur.

Location

1658 South Airport Way At San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Near the Main Entrance gates.
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CHL #934.09 - Temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans/Stockton Assembly Center