Category:Salinas Assembly Center
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The Salinas Assembly Center was located at the Salinas Rodeo Grounds in Salinas, Monterey County, California in 1942.
- It held a total of 3,608 (a maximum of 3,863 at one time) Japanese Americans from the Monterey Bay area, including the Pajaro Valley and Santa Cruz County.
- Most of the internees were sent to the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona.[1][2][3][4]
- California Historical Landmark No. 934.06 — Salinas Assembly Center
This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is 934.
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Russell Lee, Tagged for evacuation, Salinas, California, May 1942.jpg 3,666 × 4,896; 3.12 MB
Categories:
- Salinas, California
- California Historical Landmarks in Monterey County, California
- Japanese American internment processing by assembly center
- 1942 in California
- History of Monterey County, California
- Barracks in California
- Buildings in Monterey County, California
- Wartime Civil Control Administration in California