We recently had the pleasure of working with a writer with U.S. News and World Report doing research for his May 8 article about camp site preservation. Good job, Justin, and hope to see you in Denver!

Japanese-Americans Fight to Preserve Wartime Internment Camps: As survivors of the camps age, their cause becomes more pressing
By Justin Ewers
Posted May 8, 2008

MANZANAR, CALIF—Ernie Takahashi knows his past is around here somewhere. "I think this is it," says Takahashi, 63, as he stumbles through the eastern California sagebrush, his shirt flapping in the high desert wind. He walks up to a small wooden post, pounded into the sun-blasted landscape on the edge of Death Valley. Stenciled into it are the words "Block 27." Takahashi, a Sacramento optometrist, smiles beneath his sunglasses. Until now, he has never seen his first home. He searches for some evidence of his existence on the dusty ground. Above him, the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevadas soar over 14,000 feet. At his feet, there is nothing but sagebrush. "Well, I guess this is it," he smiles, looking back at his wife. "I can't believe it."

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