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