People, Places, and Stories
National Parks
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Resistance and RepressionTule Lake National Monument
Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest, longest occupied, and most repressive of the WRA confinement sites.
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One camp - ten thousand livesManzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar War Relocation Center was the first of the relocation camps built to incarcerate people of Japanese descent during WWII.
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Camps and Training FacilitiesHawaii Volcanoes National Park
Kilauea Military Camp, established in 1916 as a recreation facility, was used as a Japanese confinement site and a POW camp during WWII.
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Hell ValleyHonouliuli National Historic Site
Honouliuli Internment Camp, for citizens, residents, and POWs, was the largest and longest-used confinement site in the Hawaiian Islands.
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COMMEMORATING PATRIOTISMJapanese American Memorial to Patriotism
Honoring Japanese Americans who lived in incarceration camps as well as those who served in the US military during the war.
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One camp - ten thousand livesManzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar War Relocation Center was the first of the relocation camps built to incarcerate people of Japanese descent during WWII.
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Lessons in HistoryMinidoka National Historic Site
Minidoka was one of ten US Government War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps where people of Japanese descent were incarcerated during WWII.
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A VITAL LINKNational Park of American Samoa
The American Samoan Islands were an essential link in the chain of communications between the US, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Resistance and RepressionTule Lake National Monument
Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest, longest occupied, and most repressive of the WRA confinement sites.
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THE PACIFIC THEATERWar in the Pacific NHP
Commemorates the bravery and sacrifice of those participating in the campaigns and battles of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Here We Mark the price of freedomWorld War II Memorial
The World War II Memorial recognizes the ways Americans served, honors those who fell, and recognizes the victory they achieved.
Last updated: May 1, 2024