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National Park Service to add 138 acres to Minidoka Internment camp site

Source: Times-NewsMagicValley.com, by Mitchell Schmidt
February 21, 2011
More than 60 years after it was used to detained thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the Minidoka internment camp is being expanded as part of federal preservation efforts. The National Park Service has purchased 138 acres to add to the existing 300-acre historic site, the federal agency, The Conservation Fund and Idaho's congressional delegation announced Thursday. The camp originally spanned 33,000 acres.

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