1 Cent WWII Japanese Internment Camp I & N Service Token Internee Canteen RARE

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USA WWII Japanese Internment Camp I & N Token Crystal City, Texas 1 Cent Rare. In
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Opened in the 1990s, the modern detention center, a provider of jobs in an area that desperately needs them, is a fraction the size of one that employed Zavala County residents in the 1940s. During World War II, Crystal City was home to the largest “enemy alien” internment camp in the United States. Its remote location southwest of San Antonio and 50 miles from the Mexican border made it ideal for the task. Today, save for a few historical markers, all that remains of the camp is a few ruins and an enduring question about the balance between freedom and security.
“Internee’s were employed in various camp enterprises. or ten cents an hour salary. A group of men cleared water hyacinths out of an old reservoir, which was then used as both reservoir and swimming pool. Over the years the camp became a small town, complete with grocery stores, butcher shop, furniture and mattress factory, beauty and barber shop, fire department, etc.”
U.S. Dept. of Justice Immigration & Naturalization Service Internee Canteen, World War II. Grey, fiber, 22.5 mm and 16 mm, respectively. World War II internment camp, one cent and five cent tokens that were used by the Immigration & Naturalization Service for civilian prisoners as well as POWs. There is little written about these pieces, but they are now listed in the Feller catalog, numbers US-1590 & US-160. It appears that these were used in various locations throughout the United States, and maybe from Ellis Island or Crystal City, Texas. A very interesting area of collecting but these are sure to pique the interests of collectors of POW-related tokens.