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| The concentration camps were hastily constructed facilities for housing Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes and businesses on the West Coast during World War II. Located in isolated areas of the United States on either desert or swampland, the camps were usually surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by armed sentries. Most inmates were transported between April and September 1942. In all, over 120,000 Japanese Americans served time in these camps. | |||
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