Arizona PBS May 19, 2021 Two Japanese families are shown at a Salinas, California, assembly center. Fred Korematsu was sent to a California center for processing to a Utah internment camp. He fought the relocation all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but lost; his sentence was vacated years after the camps were shuttered and called out as a national shame. (Photo courtesy of U.S. War Relocation Authority/Library of Congress) Known during World War II as a reception center, according to Library of Congress archives, this California center was a type of holding facility for those of Japanese descent who were to be relocated to internment camps. (Photo courtesy of Clem Albers/U.S. War Relocation Authority via Library of Congress)