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Every year since 1969, Japanese Americans have returned to Manzanar, 225 miles north of Los Angeles, where more than 10,000 were incarcerated during World War II. During the war, more than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned in 10 concentration camps following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Set below the towering Sierra Nevada mountains, Manzanar serves as a tragic reminder of the fragility of civil liberties—particularly in a time of war. |
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...............Visitors gather in cemetery at the Manzanar relocation center ...............during the 2005 pilgrimage. |
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