World War II Japanese Internment Camp

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Independence, California - The cemetery at the Manzanar Internment Camp, one of 10 camps where Japanese-Americans were held during World War II. The site has been preserved as the Manzanar National Historic Site by the National Park Service. Strings of paper cranes hang from a rope around an obelisk on which the inscription reads: "soul consoling tower."

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Size: 5411px × 3744px
Location: Independence, California USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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