Bittersweet memorial honors Japanese-Americans in WWII

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During World War II, while many Japanese-American soldiers fought with distinction overseas, thousands of Japanese-American civilians were locked up at home as security risks.

Those dual stories of pride and prejudice are told in the new National Japanese American Memorial dedicated Thursday in Washington.

The names of 10 internment camps where families were held for up to four years are etched into one wall of the memorial, located just north of the Capitol.

Engraved in another section are the names of more than 800 Japanese-Americans killed in combat.

The central feature of the memorial is a sculpture of two cranes -- Asian symbols of prosperity and hope -- struggling to break their barbed wire bonds.

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