Internment Locations

Arrested: May 1942


U.S. Immigration Station, Honolulu, Oahu Island

May 1942 - June 1942


Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island

June 1942 - January 1943


Transferred to Mainland: January 1943

Sent aboard the military troopship the Kota Agoeng with more than 260 other Hawaii residents for incarceration in Mainland camps.


Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas

February 1943 - June 1944


Heart Mountain Concentration Camp, Wyoming

June 1944 - September 1945


Isamu Teshima's brother, Takeshi Teshima, was inducted into the U.S. Army in November 1941. He served during World War II with the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.