Tanimoto, Yoshio

Internment Locations

Arrested: February 1942

Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii Island

Paroled: July 1942

Nisei Yoshio Tanimoto was a prominent Hilo businessman and served in the 1930s as an executive with the Hilo Japanese Chamber of Commerce. His son, Tom Tanimoto, received linguistics training at Fort Snelling in Minnesota and was a World War II veteran of the Military Intelligence Service.

INTERNEE DETAILS

Internee Name:
Yoshio Tanimoto

Name In Japanese:
谷本嘉男

Date of Birth:
1888

Generation:
Nisei

Residence:
Hilo, Hawaii

EMPLOYMENT

Occupation:
Owner, Tanimoto Variety Store