| Caption | Boys at the barbed wire at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, 1944. This photo was taken by professional photographer, Toyo Miyatake, who was also an internee. ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Photographer | Toyo Miyatake | |||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseToyo Miyatake | |||||||||
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| Photo Size | 688 x 550 pixels | |||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Manzanar, California, United States | |||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine |
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Manzanar, California, United States |
| Lat/Long | 36.7283, -118.1544 |
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The boys are Norito Takamoto, Albert Masaichi, and Hisashi Sansui. Normally, photographs of the barbed wire were not allowed. It is not clear whether this photo was bootlegged out of the camp or whether it was taken in the later days of the war when security was greatly reduced.