Group Media & Photos

Yoshiyama family in Jerome Concentration Camp, ca. 1943. Seated (L-R): Matsue, Emiko. Standing: Takeo, Jerry Kazuo, Joji. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Jerry and Matsue Yoshiyama, Jerome Concentration Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Kitchen workers, Jerome Concentration Camp. Matsue in glasses. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama family with a visiting soldier from Hawaii, Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. 1st Row (L-R): Joji, Emiko. 2nd Row: Jerry, Matsue, Takeo, Patrick Kumogai. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Visiting soldiers from Hawaii, Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. 1st Row: Matsue and Jerry Yoshiyama. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Soldier from Hawaii visits Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. L-R: Takeo, Emiko, Matsue. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama Family, Jerome Concentration Camp, June 1944. 1st Row: Emiko, Joji. 2nd Row: Jerry, Matsue, Takeo. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Internment Locations

Transferred to Mainland: December 1942

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

Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas

January 1943 - June 1944

Amache (Granada) Concentration Camp, Colorado

June 1944 - October 1945

Chicago, Illinois

Returned to Hawaii: November 1945

Arrived in Honolulu with 450 other internees aboard the military troopship the Yarmouth.