Group Media & Photos
George Hoshida. "Fort Sam Houston Internment Camp," San Antonio, Texas, June 1942. JCCH/Patsy Saiki Archival Collection.
Jerome Concentration Camp, Block 39. May 1944. 2nd row from bottom: George Hoshida (1st from left), Tsuruzo Hasegawa (3rd from L). Top row: Jerry Yoshiyama (8th from right). JCCH/Patsy Saiki Archival Collection.
Internment Locations
Arrested: February 1942
Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii Island
Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island
A group of 109 Hawaii men (mostly Issei) were sent on the third transfer ship for internment in U.S. Army and Department of Justice camps on the Mainland. The internees were sent together from camp to camp. Some were paroled to War Relocation Authority camps and reunited with family members, others were transferred for repatriation to Japan.
Angel Island Detention Facility, California
June 1942
Fort Sam Houston Internment Camp, Texas
June 1942
Lordsburg Internment Camp, New Mexico
June 1942
Santa Fe Internment Camp, New Mexico
June 1943 - December 1943
Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas
December 1943 - June 1944
Gila River Concentration Camp, Arizona
June 1944 - November 1945
Returned to Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.