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A new orchestral work uses the story of Manzanar to send a message its creators hope will influence future generations. The music references the World War II internment camps that tens of thousands of Japanese-American citizens were confined within. They were forced to leave behind friends, fortune, and family to wait out the war at camps like Manzanar, in central California. Anthea Raymond reports.