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The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center was a Relocation Camp located in northwestern Wyoming , United States , on an isolated site between the towns of Powell and Cody . The camp was used to imprison Japanese Americans during much of America's involvement in World War II . Construction on the camp began in June 1942, and the first prisoners arrived in August. By October, about ten thousand people lived at the camp, making it the third-largest settlement in Wyoming.Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta was interned there as a boy. Most residents had been moved by train from California. The camp closed in November 1945. Several buildings in the camp still stand, though they have become decrepit with time. A memorial, made of unfinished wood, has been erected. ''See: Japanese American Internment '' EXTERNAL LINKS
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