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Manzanar National Historic Site Snowfall at Manzanar. Photo by Ansel Adams.
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Manzanar is located in the Owens Valley at 4,000' elevation, at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada. We get little precipitation but we do have four distinct seasons. Summer temperatures can soar over 100 degrees. Winter highs are usually in the 40's. Nighttime temperatures year round are 30 to 40 degrees less than daytime highs. High winds are common in any season.

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Hours after Pearl Harbor the Hawaiian territorial governor declared martial law. Japanese Americans were not forcibly removed from the islands, however, since they comprised one-third of the population and their labor was essential for the war effort.
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