Jerome

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Large group posing for outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-226)
img Large group posing for outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-226)
Caption below photo: Elevenier's club, Block 11, Jerome Arkansas. Second row from the front, 4th from left is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. He is wearing a dark jacket. He was the block leader. April 1944
Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-224)
img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-224)
Caption below photo: Nisei children in Jerome, Arkansas, Spring 1943. Written on front: Spring 1943
Man and woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-218)
img Man and woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-218)
Caption below photo: Roberta Yamamoto and Goro Sato, Jerome, Arkansas, May 1943 Goro was from Alameda, CA. Written on photo front: M. Roberta Yamamoto May, 1943
Group of cooks at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-213)
img Group of cooks at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-213)
Caption below photo: Cooks gather for a photograph at Jerome, Arkansas, circa 1942-1944
Two men chopping down a tree (ddr-ajah-6-221)
img Two men chopping down a tree (ddr-ajah-6-221)
Caption below photo: Clearing land outside of the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. At right is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA., who hurt his back working this job. Jerome, Arkansas, November 1943
Goro Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-216)
img Goro Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-216)
Caption below photo: Sato family of Alameda, CA., in Jerome, Arkansas. When Jerome closed in June 1944, they moved tot the incarceration camp at Gila, Arizona. Photo January 1943
Group at picnic with barracks in background (ddr-ajah-6-217)
img Group at picnic with barracks in background (ddr-ajah-6-217)
Caption below photo: Block 11 picnic, Jerome, Arkansas, Easter Sunday, 1943. Seated in the middle row is Toshio Sato, his arm around his niece Kiyo Sato, with nephew Kazuyoshi Sato front row left (no shirt) Written on photo front: Block 11 picnic Easter Sunday 1943
Men loading logs onto to truck (ddr-ajah-6-220)
img Men loading logs onto to truck (ddr-ajah-6-220)
Caption below photo: Clearing land somewhere near the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. In the left foreground in Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. Jerome, November 1943. Written on front: Nov. 1943
School class at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-212)
img School class at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-212)
Caption below photo: Youth class, Jerome Incarceration camp, Arkansas, circa 1942-1944
Four people outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-222)
img Four people outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-222)
Caption below photo: Jerome, Arkansas, circa 1943-1944
Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-215)
img Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-215)
Caption below photo: The Sato families of Alameda, CA., in Jerome Arkansas, January 1943. Kimiko was married to Goro, Etsuko was married to Toshio. Goro and Toshio are brothers. Written on photo front: Jan. 1943
Group clearing trees (ddr-ajah-6-219)
img Group clearing trees (ddr-ajah-6-219)
Caption below photo: Clearing land outside of the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. Jerome, Arkansas, November 1943. Written on photo front: Nov. 43
Two children at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-214)
img Two children at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-214)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Sato and her brother, Kazuyoshi, in Jerome, Arkansas, 1943. Written on front: Summer 1943
Group of men posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-223)
img Group of men posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-223)
Caption below photo: Directors and Block Leaders, Jerome, Arkansas, circa 1943-1944. Top row, far left is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA.
Group of cooks inside camp kitchen (ddr-ajah-6-225)
img Group of cooks inside camp kitchen (ddr-ajah-6-225)
Caption below photo: Cooks pose in Jerome, Arkansas, 1943
Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-40-5)
vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-40-5)
Volunteering for the military out of camp

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1002-8-12)
vh Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1002-8-12)
Being present for father's death at Jerome, Arkansas, concentration camp; description of father's interests, values

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection …

Jim Onchi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-7-10)
vh Jim Onchi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-7-10)
Getting married in camp

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

Amy Tsugawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-30-3)
vh Amy Tsugawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-30-3)
Removed to concentration camps on the mainland

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 13 (ddr-janm-13-6-13)
vh Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 13 (ddr-janm-13-6-13)
Father chooses to take family to Japan in response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
An oral history with Joe Yamakido - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-67-1)
vh An oral history with Joe Yamakido - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-67-1)
An oral interview with Joe Yamakido, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Jerome incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0168. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3733_T01
Yuriko Hohri Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-353-13)
vh Yuriko Hohri Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-353-13)
The journey by train to Jerome, fainting on first arriving

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of …

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