Group Media & Photos
Dr. Motokazu Mori. JCCH/Victor Mori Archival Collection.
June 1922. L-R: Dr. Iga Mori (father of Motokazu), Yaye Mori (mother of Motokazu), Dr. Tasuku Harada (University of Hawaii professor), Dr. Tomizo Katsunuma (veterinarian), Hachiro Kishi, Dr. Motokazu Mori, Misao Harada Mori (first wife of Motokazu). JCCH/ Victor Mori Archival Collection.
Celebration of Motokazu Mori's earning of a PhD from Tokyo Imperial University, ca. 1936. Motokazu Mori with lei; his father Dr. Iga Mori, third from left. JCCH/Victor Mori Archival Collection.
The Motokazu Mori Family. L-R: Daughter Pearl (2nd); son Victor (3rd); Dr. Iga Mori, Motokazu's father (4th); son Ramsay (5th); and Dr. Motokazu Mori (6th). JCCH/Victor Mori Archival Collection.
Home in Nuuanu after internment, the Mori family eats dinner together, ca. 1945. Clockwise from left: father Dr. Iga Mori, daughter Pearl, sons Ramsey and Victor, Ishiko Mori, and Motokazu Mori. JCCH/Victor Mori Archival Collection.
Internment Locations
Arrested: December 1941
Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island
January 1942 - September 1942
This internee was among twenty-eight men (mostly Issei) who were sent in the sixth transfer group for internment in U.S. Army and Justice Department camps on the Mainland. The internees were sent together from camp to camp, with some paroled to War Relocation Authority camps to reunite with family or transferred for repatriation to Japan.
Angel Island Detention Facility, California
September 1942 - October 1942
Lordsburg Internment Camp, New Mexico
October 1942 - June 1943
Santa Fe Internment Camp, New Mexico
June 1943 - August 1943
Crystal City Family Internment Camp, Texas
August 1943 - December 1945
Returned to Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.