Question: What Texas town was home to the nation’s largest World War II internment camp run by the Department of Justice and Immigration and Naturalization Services?
Answer: Crystal City. In May 1945, the camp housed 3,326 detainees of Japanese, German, and Italian ancestry, many of whom were expelled from Latin American countries at the outset of hostilities. Similar camps were established in Seagoville and Kenedy. The Crystal City camp closed in 1948, and a historical marker was erected in 2006.
