Sports
Sports were a major form of recreation for the Issei and Nisei in the camps. Baseball became the preferred sport for both, although basketball and football were also popular among the Nisei. Organized teams, often consisting of friends from prewar neighborhoods, played each other in highly competitive matches. Other sports, like ping-pong, judo, boxing, badminton, and sumo wrestling were also popular pastimes.
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Football practice (ddr-densho-93-50)
Original Ansel Adams caption: Football practice, / photograph by Ansel Adams.
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Two boys (ddr-densho-359-1105)
Two boys in gees at a concentration camp during World War II. Most likely Manzanar.
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Two boys in gis (ddr-densho-359-1446)
Two boys pose in gis outside the barracks at Manzanar Concentration Camp. Bob Nakata is on the left