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Mar. 23, 2023 - Protest against wind project at WWII site
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Japanese Americans protest a wind project near the Minidoka site.
Advocates say 400 turbines will threaten the sanctity of the historic Idaho location that served as an incarceration camp during WWII.
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Mar. 23, 2023 - Protest against wind project at WWII site
3/23/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Advocates say 400 turbines will threaten the sanctity of the historic Idaho location that served as an incarceration camp during WWII.
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Japanese Americans are protesting a wind project near a historic World War II site in Idaho.
Advocates say a proposal to build up to 400 turbines will threaten the sanctity of Minidoka, a location that served as an incarceration camp.
It's one of several camps the US government forced more than 100,000 Japanese Americans to live in during the Second World War.
Magic Valley Energy, LLC wants the Bureau of Land Management's approval to build the turbines in three Idaho counties.
Survivor, Lawrence Masuda, who was born into incarceration there, says the location holds painful memories.
Descendants of Japanese American incarceration plan annual trips to Minidoka to commemorate the legacy.
The Bureau of Land Management is taking public comments through April 20th and hosting open houses.
I'm Paris Jackson.
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