Thousands of Japanese Americans were ordered into American internment camps during WWII. Some objected, but others volunteered for the U.S. Army. And it divided the community, even to this day. The stories of Prisoners in Their Own Land, tonight on KING 5 News at 6:30. | KING 5

Almost 60 years ago, more than 7,000 Japanese Americans — the majority of whom were U.S. citizens — were forced to leave their lives behind and were sent to Granada Relocation Center, a confinement facility in a remote area in southeastern Colorado. When World War II ended, a good part of those internees made the 250-mile trek to Denver to start anew. Here, together with fellow Japanese Americans who'd come from the other internment camps throughout the country, they built a strong community. In