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Men stand in line to volunteer for the Japanese American Combat Team, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Four men, with hands in their pockets, stand in line to register for the Japanese American Combat Team. A woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo, and man behind her wearing eyeglasses, observe with concern, from the right foreground. A barrack-lined road and electric pole are visible in the distance.
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- Title: Men stand in line to volunteer for the Japanese American Combat Team, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 10 in, W: 14.5 in
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
- External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
- Medium: ink, paper
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.176)
- Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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