JAPANESE AMERICAN
NATIONAL MUSEUM
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| In January of 1945, the exclusion order which prohibited Japanese Americans from living freely on the West Coast was lifted by the Army. Japanese Americans were allowed to leave the camps, but most had little financial resources to return home. Before incarceration, they were forced to either sell or give away most of their possessions and could only take to camp what they could physically carry. With the closing of the camps, they faced the grim realities of resuming their lives in a potentially hostile environment. | |||
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