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 - June 1944
Rohwer Concentration Camp, Arkansas
June 1944 - August 1945
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Returned to Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.
At the Lihue Hongwanji Mission, Mineo Miyasaki was an active partner in her husband's role as resident minister. She was principal of the temple's Heiwa Gakuen Japanese language school, a member of the Hawaii Education Association of language teachers, and head of the temple's women's organization. After her husband's death in 1948, she became the resident minister of the Lanai City Hongwanji Mission.