
Photo: Detention camp in Amanche, Colorado
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Amache (Granada), Colorado: Opened August 24, 1942. Closed October 15, 1945. Peak population 7,318. Origin of prisoners: Northern California coast, West Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, and Los Angeles. Thirty-one Japanese Americans from Amache volunteered and lost their lives in World War II. One hundred twenty died here between August 27, 1942 and October 14, 1945.
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