Internment Locations
Transferred to Mainland: January 1943
Sent aboard the military troopship the Kota Agoeng with more than 260 other Hawaii residents for incarceration in Mainland camps.
Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas
February 1943 - June 1944
Gila River Concentration Camp, Arizona
June 1944 - February 1945
Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, New Jersey
Returned to Hawaii: November 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with 450 other internees aboard the military troopship the Yarmouth.
Hoichi Hayashi was the son of Hawaii internee Shikazo Hayashi. In 1941, he changed his name to Hoichi Matsubara, likely the result of his adoption by his uncle, Kyutaro Matsubara, who was Shikazo Hayashi's brother.
Hoichi Matsubara and Fumiko Carol Sumida of Elk Grove, California, were married in Gila River Camp.