Category:Merced Assembly Center

English: The Merced Assembly Center was located at the Merced County Fairgrounds in 1942. It held a total of 4,669 Japanese Americans (a maximum of 4,508 at one time) from the northern California coast and the Central Valley, including Merced, Livingston, Turlock, Cortez, Sebastopol, Yuba City, Yolo, Walnut Grove, Colusa, Winters, Modesto, Woodland, Santa Rosa, Chico, Marin, Courtland, Marysville and Broderick. From here, the internees were sent to the Granada (Amache) War Relocation Center in Colorado.

Media in category "Merced Assembly Center"

The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.

"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 2,188 × 2,704; 647 KB
"Wartime Civil Control Administration Assembly Centers map, from- Japanese Americans in World War II, a National Historic Landmark theme study (page 118 crop) (cropped).jpg 1,249 × 1,827; 115 KB
"Wartime Civil Control Administration Assembly Centers map, from- Japanese Americans in World War II, a National Historic Landmark theme study (page 118 crop).jpg 2,001 × 2,501; 281 KB
Merced Assembly Center.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 609 KB
Plaque placed on 19 February 1982 detail, Merced Assembly Center (cropped).jpg 615 × 603; 94 KB