Manzanar in Perspective

Re “Manzanar Restoration a Step Toward Honesty,� letters, Dec. 15: Of particular interest to me is the letter from Carolyn Brouwers, who uses the book “Farewell to Manzanar� as a teaching tool. She says that her students are surprised to learn of this bit of history. I suggest that their reading of “Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission� (Bataan Death March), by Hampton Sides, and “Flags of Our Fathers� (Battle of Iwo Jima), by James Bradley with Ron Powers, would also be enlightening and would somewhat balance their education. I have a degree of sympathy concerning Manzanar, but keep the perspective that it was part of a very large picture.

Roger L. Norton

Valencia