page_title: Lordsburg killings
hierarchical_section_title: Lordsburg killings
caption_attribution_description: English: Japanese internees from the Monterey, Salinas, and Watsonville areas of California, at the US Department of Justice's Camp Lordsburg in New Mexico during World War II. 1942-43
context_page_description: The Lordsburg killings refers to the shooting of two elderly Japanese American men named Toshiro Kobata and Hirota Isomura at an internment camp outside Lordsburg, New Mexico, on July 27, 1942. The shooter, Private First Class Clarence Burleson, was charged with murder, but he was later acquitted after testifying that he was following military protocol.
context_section_description: The Lordsburg killings refers to the shooting of two elderly Japanese American men named Toshiro Kobata and Hirota Isomura at an internment camp outside Lordsburg, New Mexico, on July 27, 1942. The shooter, Private First Class Clarence Burleson, was charged with murder, but he was later acquitted after testifying that he was following military protocol.
caption: Japanese internees, who came from the Monterey, Salinas, and Watsonville areas of California, at Camp Lordsburg
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