Internment Locations
Born in Camp: November 1943
Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas
Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas
November 1943 - June 1944
Gila River Concentration Camp, Arizona
June 1944 - November 1945
Arrived in Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.
Norman Tatsumi's maternal grandfather, Wahei Oka, was arrested and imprisoned shortly after his parents' transfer to the Mainland for incarceration.