In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where the US government incarcerated Japanese immigrants ineligible for citizenship and Japanese American citizens during World War II.
Directions
Manzanar is located on the west side of U.S. Highway 395, 9 miles north of
Lone Pine, California and 6 miles south of Independence, CA.
Camp Observer
