National Park Service: Confinement and Ethnicity (Chapter 8)

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Confinement and Ethnicity:
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An Overview of World War II
Japanese American Relocation Sites
by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord
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Chapter 8 (continued)
Manzanar Relocation Center

Outlying Area
Water System and Reservoir

aerial view, water reservoir, Manzanar
Figure 8.99. Oblique aerial view of the Manzanar water reservoir today.
Figure 8.100. Boulder inscribed with Japanese characters for "peace".

Japanese inscription, setting basin
Figure 8.102. Japanese inscription at the setting basin translated as "beat Great Britian and the USA".
Figure 8.103. Japanese inscriptions at the setting basin translated as "banzai, the Great Japanese Empire, and Manzanar Black Dragon Group headquarters".

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