Internment Locations
Transferred to Mainland: December 1942
Sent aboard the military troopship the Lurline with more than 430 other Hawaii residents for incarceration in Mainland camps.
Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas
January 1943 - May 1944
Tule Lake Segregation Center, California
May 1944 - November 1945
Returned to Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.
A baby when he entered internment with his mother as a means of reuniting with father Takahiko, Theodore Takashi would grow up to become an entertainer. Together with his wife, he would be well known as half of the duo, Teddy and Nanci Tanaka. His recording of the Japanese tune "Koko ni sachi ari (Here is happiness)" became Teddy Tanaka's signature song, which he performed around the world, from Las Vegas to Tokyo.