ID Booklets

In 1942 the United States Government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps.* Two-thirds of them were born in America. Not one was convicted of espionage or sabotage.
In these booklets, you will read the stories of people who lived this history, in their own words.
These booklets were developed by the park rangers at Manzanar National Historic Site in partnership with the individuals profiled and their families.
If you would like these booklets in digital .pdf form, please email us.

*By the time the war was over, more than 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated in this way.