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McGehee AR relocation camp mail

McGehee Japanese American relocation camp internee1943-05-13

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Washington, DC, United States

The Japanese American relocation camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming is pictured on this postcard mailed by an internee there in 1943. It is addressed to Oakland, California, perhaps to a former neighbor of the writer, who describes Heart Mountain as “windy, bleak, sage brush country.”

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  • Title: McGehee AR relocation camp mail
  • Creator: McGehee Japanese American relocation camp internee
  • Date Created: 1943-05-13
Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

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