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Korematsu Echoing

Elizabeth Tanaka

The "Heart Mountain Relocation Center," (a/k/a the "Heart Mountain World War II Japanese American Confinement Site") in Wyoming, was one of the "relocation camps" built to confine Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese Immigrants during World War II.  Some buildings remain on the site.

Heart Mountain Relocation Center

The "Manzanar War Relocation Center" was another internment camp used to confine Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese Immigrants during World War II.  

Manzanar War Relocation Center

 

Today, both Heart Mountain and Manzanar are run by the National Park Service and open to visitors.

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