Photo by Robert Ross

The Tule Lake Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument will bring increased understanding of the high price paid by some Americans on the home front.  The Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and nearby Camp Tulelake in California were  both used to incarcerate Japanese-Americans forcibly  removed from the west coast of the United States.

They encompass the original segregation center's stockade, the War Relocation Authority Motor Pool, the Post Engineer's Yard and Motor  Pool, a small part of the Military Police Compound, several historic  structures used to imprison Japanese Americans and  to intern German and Italian prisoners of war at Camp Tulelake, and  the sprawling landscape that forms the historic setting.