It's the camp called Camp Amache that was built at exactly the same moment that Camp Hale was built. Exactly the same war against tyranny, exactly the same fight for freedom. And yet At Camp Amache, 12,000 Japanese American citizens were incarcerated behind barbed wire. ostensibly out of the same democratic small d democratic battle that we were having and because of Joe Nagusa's leadership and work, that is now part of the National Park Service. (1:23:33–1:23:42)
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Asserts that 12,000 Japanese American citizens were incarcerated at Camp Amache during World War II.
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