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Japanese living in Latin America among those placed in internment camps during WWII
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Bekki Shibayama
  • ABC News
  • May 28, 2019

Japanese living in Latin America among those placed in internment camps during WWII

During WWII, 2,000 people of Japanese heritage living in 13 Latin American countries were captured by police and brought to the U.S. as part of a prisoner exchange program.

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