Internment Locations

Born in Camp: January 1945

Tule Lake Segregation Center, California


Tule Lake Segregation Center, California

January 1945 - November 1945


Arrived in Hawaii: December 1945

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


Walter Ozawa would grow up to become a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and serve in a number of administrative positions in Hawaii, including director of the Honolulu city and county Department of Parks and Recreation and director of the state Office of Veterans Services.