Department of Justice camps

More than 5,500 Japanese immigrants (Issei) were arrested by the FBI following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Most were sent first to temporary Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) detention stations and then transferred to Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camps, where they waited to appear before the Alien Enemy Hearing Board. These hearings determined whether the Issei would remain in the internment camps or be "released" to the War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps. After the hearings, most of the Issei were sent to U.S. Army internment camps. The U.S. Army, charged with detaining military prisoners of war (POWs), then returned the Issei internees to DOJ control. The DOJ camps also interned Italian and German nationals and Japanese Latin Americans. Most of the DOJ internment camps held only men who had been separated from their families, but three camps housed single women and families. The camps were run by the INS, part of the Department of Justice.

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img Men in casual clothing posing with Henrietta Schoen, signed on reverse (ddr-densho-223-51)

Caption on reverse: "To Miss. H. Schoen; Yasukichi Yasumura; Toyokichi Okumura; Yasabiro Saiki; Tatsuo Nakaji; Seiyo Yuki; Mantaro Ninomiya; [illegible]; Seijuburo M[?]; Genko Saigusa; Shigeichi Nakamora; Shijiro K[?]; Tom [illegible]; Masatana Mitani; Nakomura Chohochiro; Dr. S Furugachi; Rev. D. Tana; Noboji Tokushiro; [illegible]; Keizo Wadu; Hiroshi Suzoki; Gensaku Koizumi; K. Sakagami; Jamie [illegible]; Kanekichi Takido."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-51/

img Henrietta Schoen posing in open cloak (ddr-densho-223-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-23/

doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Shonosuke Futai (ddr-densho-223-80)

Farewell letter.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-80/

img Henrietta Schoen with a man in front of ambulances and a train (ddr-densho-223-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-8/

img Three women in civilian clothes posing with uniformed officer (ddr-densho-223-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-11/

img Men and women in traditional Japanese clothing performing in a play (ddr-densho-223-44)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-44/

img Group photo of Boy Scouts in front of barracks (ddr-densho-223-48)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-48/

img Large group of medical personal in front of "'A' Ward" (ddr-densho-223-46)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-46/

img Henrietta Schoen posing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-223-10)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-10/

doc Letter to "the Nurses" from Kattarine S. Read (ddr-densho-223-61)

A letter thanking the nurses at Sante Fe for her going-away gift.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-61/

img Three men standing in front of medical building (ddr-densho-223-16)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-16/

img Two nurses standing on wooden walkway outside of barracks (ddr-densho-223-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-38/

img Medical personnel and nurses posing in front of a building (ddr-densho-223-49)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-49/

img Two trucks filled with standing people in front of a train (ddr-densho-223-3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-3/

img A nurse and a man in an apron sharing food (ddr-densho-223-31)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-31/

doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Takuyo Togawa (ddr-densho-223-59)

A letter from the wife of a medical staffer at Sante Fe thanking Henrietta Schoen for her correspondence.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-59/

img Three men in suits standingin front of barracks (ddr-densho-223-40)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-40/

img Crowd of people in front of a large building (ddr-densho-223-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-4/

img Three men in suits standing behind a low wall (ddr-densho-223-39)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-39/

doc Postcard to Henrietta Schoen from K. Kayahara (ddr-densho-223-68)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-68/

img Two men with white caps and smocks in front of a row of windows (ddr-densho-223-36)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-36/

img Crowd of people standing around with luggage (ddr-densho-223-6)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-6/

doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Riichi Togawa (ddr-densho-223-65)

A letter telling Henrietta Schoen about adjustment after returning home.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-65/

doc "Internment Camp Hospital; Santa Fe, New Mexico. February 21, 1945" (ddr-densho-223-52)

Numbered drawing of people in group photo with list of names. No corresponding photo found in the collection.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-52/

doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Mrs. Tatsuyo Matsuo (ddr-densho-223-79)

Letter thanking Henrietta Schoen for her care of Sei Fujii and telling her of his travel to Lordsburg.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-79/