Cover Page

Table of Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Essay

Brief History

Gila River

Granada

Heart Mountain

Jerome

Manzanar

Minidoka

Poston

Rohwer

Topaz

Tule Lake

Isolation Centers

Add'l Facilities

Assembly Centers

DoJ and US Army Facilities

Prisons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord

Chapter 5 (continued)
Granada Relocation Center

Security Features

Figure 5.60. Foundation remains in the military police compound at Granada.

The foundation blocks of all of six perimeter watch towers are intact (Figures 5.57 and 5.58). Each consists of four square blocks of poured concrete forming a square about 8 feet on a side; each block has metal straps to attach a support post for the tower. In the center of the square is a fifth piece of poured concrete, oblong instead of square, with straps to attach a ladder.

Much of the existing perimeter barbed wire fence around the central area is likely original, although it may have been repaired over the years. The original entrance gate area has been blocked off (Figure 5.59), and the current entrance to the site is via "E" Street, which provides access to the town dump. The fence that separated the evacuee residence area from the administration area has been removed.

In the military police compound, all of the foundations for the buildings marked on the WRA blueprints are still present, although some have been damaged by trees (Figure 5.60). The interior roads and driveways in the compound are discernible but overgrown with vegetation.

Photo Album

Continued

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