Wow, very interesting article General, thanks for posting. I don't know the history of other camps, I'll have to look into it. I have a book on Manzanar with photos by Ansel, and it's quite a different story than what's revealed in that article. I've often wondered if the photos that Ansel took (or that were released) portrayed a lighter side to the internment camp for perhaps propaganda reasons. Here's a link to many of Ansel's Manzanar images at the Library of Congress, and a link to an Ansel exhibit coming up at the Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles for those interested.
My grandfather was (and I'm not saying this proudly) a director or something along that level at the Manzanar camp, his actual title was classified so nobody in my family knows and his secret went with him when he passed 20+ years ago. Here's a photo from Manzanar I recently took (shameless plug):
It's a sad part of American history that often goes overlooked. Sorry if I rambled on there.
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