manzanar opened in 1942
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It closed in 1940
They are driven there in a Greyhound Bus.
In Chapter 10 of Farewell to Manzanar (entitled 'Reservoir Shack'), the MPs (military police) invade the reservoir shack believing they have found a group of saboteurs.
They were considered potential enemies and put in one of ten "relocation centers" for the duration of the war. Manzanar, in California, is the one that's been written about the most. Try reading "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston for a first person account.