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img Rohwer WRA Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2482)

Map of the surrounding area and camp site of Rohwer incarceration camp in Desha County, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2588

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doc Letter from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell, October 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2556)

Correspondence from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell regarding Kenneth's move from Fresno California to Denson Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2663

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 99 (November 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-95)

Selected article titles: "#29 Exhibit Draws 7000" (p. 1), "Baby Pictures Ready" (p. 1), "Sugar Company Lauds Workers" (p. 1), "Sacramento JACL Meets Wednesday" (p. 1), "Arkansas Conditions Related" (p. 1), "Mid-Columbia JACL to Meet" (p. 1), "Co-op Movement in Japan is Outlined" (p. 3).

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img Camp high school brass band (ddr-densho-37-533)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A part of the brass section of the High School Band, at the Rohwer Center. The students learning to play instruments for the band are former Californians, who, with their parents, were evacuated from stratiegic west coast areas.

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img Xmas (ddr-csujad-38-280)

Photographed are young children incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. It was taken during a Christmas event. The caption reads: Xmas, 1942, Denson, Arkansas. Title from caption. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Christmas day, Dec. 25, 1942. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa …

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vh Marian Shingu Sata Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-262-12)

Leaving camp and settling in Arkansas as part of a group of Japanese American families

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 …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 20 (November 14,1969) (ddr-pc-41-46)

Select article titles: "Individual rights on expression spelled" (p. 1); "Arkansas to dedicate Rohwer WRA cemetery-war memorial" (p.1); "Ethnic language courses offered at Berkeley Hi; Nihongo oversubscribed" (p. 2); "Challenge of Issei Centennial cited" (p. 3); "Hear Black community views on achievement of Japanese Americans" (p. 6).

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img Minidoka Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-2485)

Map of the Minidoka incarceration camp in Jerome County, Arkansas. Includes layout of barracks, camp data, and statistics. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2591

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img Warehouse (ddr-csujad-55-2641)

Photograph of warehouse at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2805

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img Japanese American plumber (ddr-densho-37-540)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Morio Higashi, a former California plumber, marks out a steel casting for welding. The maintenance of center plumbing, electrical and water supply facilities are carried on by qualified workers selected from center residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese American tending a flower garden (ddr-densho-37-406)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The decorative flower gardens at the approach to the center's administrative buildings was tended up the last days by any flower lover who still remained in the center. Its fate after the final closing date was uncertain.

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doc Envelope from H. Sugimoto to Mrs. Ayame Okine, July 8, [1945] (ddr-csujad-5-85)

An envelope mailed from Hidematsu Henry Sugimoto in Camp Blanding, Florida, to Ayame Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_23_001

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img Infantry training (ddr-densho-114-177)

Original caption: Yoshio Tamura of Los Angeles, California is one of the first trainees to arrive at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, Infantry Replacement Training Center. He is being welcomed by Lt. Col. J.P. Gammon, Commander of the 66th Infantry Training Battalion, 14th Regiment, as the other trainees look on. February 2, 1942.

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img Hospital area (ddr-csujad-55-2642)

Photograph of hospital area at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2806

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img Administration bdgs (ddr-csujad-55-2640)

Photograph of administration buildings at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2804

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img Steam plant (ddr-csujad-55-2635)

A photograph of steam plant at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2799

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img Sewage disposal plant (ddr-csujad-55-2639)

Photograph of sewage disposal plant at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. For envelope, see sac_jaac_2808. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2803

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img Fire dept. crew (ddr-csujad-55-2638)

Photograph of fire department crew at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2802

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vh Saburo Masada Interview (ddr-manz-1-157)

Nisei male. Born April 1, 1930, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Caruthers, California, where parents leased a vineyard. During World War II, sent to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived in Ogden, Utah, and become a minister. Eventually returned to California.

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img Japanese American auto mechanics (ddr-densho-37-542)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. In the center motor pool shop, George Kenotsu and George Baba, former Stockton, California mechanics, prepare to remove an automobile motor for overhaul. Mechanical repairs to all center motor equipment is carried out by residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry.

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img Camp cemetery (ddr-densho-37-527)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Rohwer maintains it's own cemetery at the edge of the center. Permanent tombstones and monuments are constructed by the residents. The plot is landscaped and cared for by the evacuees. Comparatively few are buried here as cremation is the rule among Janpanese Americans.

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img Japanese Americans behind a fence (ddr-densho-37-799)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Evacuees still remaining in the Jerome Center wave to their friends on the train from behind the wire fence surrounding the camp. On subsequent departures they were allowed to pass through the gate and say their goodbyes at close range.

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vh Betty Fujimoto Kashiwagi Interview (ddr-densho-1010-2)

Nisei female. Born February 9, 1929, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where parents operated a boarding house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, then, when that camp closed, to the Rohwer concentration camp, …

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img Judo in the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-101)

Photographed are incarcerees playing judo at the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_22_006

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img Mas Miyata (ddr-csujad-38-263)

Photographed is Mas Miyata incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_14_008

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-263/

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