More than 80 years after 5,434 Japanese American citizens were held in encampments at the Fairplex in Pomona at the height of World War II, efforts to preserve the stories of detainees continue.

On Friday, March 3, Bacon Sakatani, Mike Hatchimonji and Ted Hamachi — now in their 90s — revisited the fairgrounds where they and their families were ordered to live from May to August 1942 after disposing of their homes, businesses, and most of their possessions.

Source: Documentary captures stories of 5,434 Japanese Americans detained at Pomona Fairplex in WWII – San Gabriel Valley Tribune