Manzanar WWII Japanese American relocation center
From April 1942-1945 Manzanar was a WWII relocation center for Americans of Japanese ancestry. The first of 10, with 10,000 at people at this site. A total of over 110,000 people incarcerated during WWII.
Read MoreManzanar was one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Located by HWY 395 at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately 230 miles (370 km) northeast of Los Angeles.