Morikuni, Karen Tamiye

Internment Locations

Gila River Concentration Camp, Arizona

June 1945 - November 1945

Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.

Karen Tamiye's maternal grandfather, Wahei Oka, was arrested and imprisoned shortly after his parents' transfer to the Mainland for incarceration.

Internee Name:
Karen Tamiye Morikuni

Date of Birth:
1945

Generation:
Sansei

Head of Household:
Morikuni, Tatsuo