Taketa, Toshiko - Hawai‘i Internee Database

Internment Locations

Sent aboard the military troopship the Lurline with more than 430 other Hawaii residents for incarceration in Mainland camps.

January 1943 - September 1943

September 1943 - March 1946

Arrived in Honolulu aboard the military troopship the Marine Wolf.

Toshiko Taketa's brothers Tsutomu Kanja and Masaru Kanja were members of the 100th Infantry Battalion during World War II.

INTERNEE DETAILS

Internee Name:
Toshiko Taketa

Alternative Name:
Toshiko Kanja

Date of Birth:
1919

Generation:
Nisei

Residence:
Lihue, Kauai

EMPLOYMENT

Occupation:
Salesclerk

HOUSEHOLD

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