Go to the Source:

• Executive Order 9066 - Japanese Internment
• Larson Air Force Base - Guide and Directory/Closure
• The Bracero Program - Public Law 45, April 29, 1943
• Joe Tokunaga describes internment at Minidoka and coming to Moses Lake
• Lillian Tokunaga describes living in Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II
• Harry Yamamoto, Jr. describes farming in Moses Lake after 1943
• Frank Koba discusses Moses Lake after 1943

Questions to Consider:

• How did World War II transform Moses Lake?
• Which significant pieces of legislation brought Mexican Americans and Japanese Americans to eastern Washington?
• What factors contributed to the housing crunch in Moses Lake during the 1950s?
• How did the closure of Larson Air Force Baseaffect Moses Lake?
• What part does Moses Lake play in a global economy?

forward