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Gila River War Relocation Center

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  • "Table 1. Wartime Properties Identified in Public Law 102-248" (PART 1), from- Japanese Americans in World War II, a National Historic Landmark theme study (page 15 crop).jpg

    Photo by United States National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Minidoka (Hunt), Gila River, Rohwer, Granada (Amache), Poston (Colorado River), Jerome War Relocation Centers 2010 (page 2 crop).jpg

    Photo by United States National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by U.S. National Park Service, restoration/cleanup by National Park Maps (https://npmaps.com) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Sacaton-Japanese Relocation Camp Ruins-1.JPG

    Photo by Marine 69-71 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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    Photo by Marine 69-71 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Background

The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about 30 mi (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945.

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