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Armistice day 1940, Lowry Detachment
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Armistice day 1940
![Ralph L. Carr being sworn in, 1941]()
Denver Post file
Ralph L. Carr being sworn in, 1941
![Hospitality dances, 1941]()
Rocky Mountain News photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Dept.
Hospitality dances, 1941
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Rocky Mountain News photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Dept.
National Defense Training Program
![Ralph L. Carr (Right), Colorado Governor 1939-43]()
Photo courtesy of History Colorado
Ralph L. Carr (Right), Colorado Governor 1939-43
![A Colorado National Guard member kisses his sweetheart goodbye]()
Rocky Mountain News photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Dept.
A Colorado National Guard member kisses his sweetheart goodbye
![Colorado National Guard field training, 1940]()
Rocky Mountain News photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Dept.
Colorado National Guard field training, 1940
![Colorado National Guard mobilization, 1940]()
Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Dept.
Colorado National Guard mobilization, 1940
![August 28, 1942 - Men wearing overalls and hats ready...]()
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August 28, 1942 - Men wearing overalls and hats ready wooden forms for concrete foundations at Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Shovels lie on freshly dug piles of soil; wooden sawhorses, tool boxes and stacks of lumber are around the perimeter of the 120 x 20 foot barrack foundation. Rolling prairie shows in the background. (Tom Parker, photographer)
![August 30, 1942 - Japanese evacuees stand or sit with...]()
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August 30, 1942 - Japanese evacuees stand or sit with their suitcases and belongings in front of a Santa Fe and Topeka passenger train car. The men and women wait for the bus ride to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado. (Tom Parker, photographer)
![December 12, 1942 - Overview of the Granada Relocation Center,...]()
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December 12, 1942 - Overview of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, shows rows of prefabricated army-style barracks (120 x 20 feet.) Twelve of these one-story side gable barracks with tar-paper roofs made a block which had its own recreation hall, laundry, and mess hall. Wooden storage boxes, benches, palettes, and laundry lines show around buildings. Prairie and bare trees are in the distance. (Tom Parker, photographer)
![August 28, 1942 - Japanese men enter barracks at Camp...]()
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August 28, 1942 - Japanese men enter barracks at Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. One carries suitcases and the other has a duffle bag over his back. Folded striped mattresses, canvas cots and a heating stove are the only items in the building with exposed wood framing and composition wall board. (Tom Parker, photographer)
![Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado]()
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Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado
![Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado]()
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Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado
![Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado]()
Photo courtesy of History Colorado
Amache Internment camp, Granada, Colorado
![WWII era Denver, Colorado]()
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WWII era Denver, Colorado
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Ralph L. Carr
Seventy-five years after Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor and launched the United States into World War II, the memories continue to reverberate in Colorado for aging Navy survivors and the Japanese Americans who were later sent to an internment camp on the eastern plains near Kansas. Many are looking back this month and vowing to never forget.
