Group Media & Photos

Reunion of former internees from the Kaneohe area, dressed as they were in the internment camp. Bottom Row (L-R): Unknown, Hatsujiro Murahama, Nobutaro Harada, Toshiichi Okabayashi, Giichi Wakamoto, Shigezo Maekawa, Unknown. Top Row: Unknown, Yasuichi Moritsugu, Buichi Matsuoka, Giichi Sasaki, Bannosuke Yoshida, Tokuemon Moritsugu, Takesue Sensei, Unknown, Kansuke Nishiyama, Unknown. JCCH/Nobuo Takeno.

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Reunion of former internees from the Kaneohe area, dressed in post-war business clothes. Bottom Row (L-R): Hatsujiro Murahama, Nobutaro Harada, Unknown, Giichi Sasaki, Takesue Sensei, Unknown, Giichi Wakamoto. Top Row: Buichi Matsuoka, Kansuke Nishiyama, Yasuichi Moritsugu, Unknown, Toshiichi Okabayashi, Unknown, Bannosuke Yoshida, Unknown, Tokuemon Moritsugu, Shigezo Maekawa. JCCH/Nobuo Takeno.

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Reunion of former internees from the Kaneohe area, dressed as they were in internment camp. Bottom Row (L-R): unknown, Hatsujiro Murahama, Nobutaro Harada, Toshiichi Okabayashi, Giichi Wakamoto, Shigezo Maekawa, unknown. Top Row: unknown, Yasuichi Moritsugu, Buichi Matsuoka, Giichi Sasaki, Bannosuke Yoshida, Tokuemon Moritsugu, Takesue Sensei, unknown, Kansuke Nishiyama, unknown. JCCH/Nobuo Takeno.

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Reunion of former internees from the Kaneohe area, dressed in post-war business clothes. Bottom Row (L-R): Hatsujiro Murahama, Nobutaro Harada, unknown, Giichi Sasaki, Takesue Sensei, unknown, Giichi Wakamoto. Top Row: Buichi Matsuoka, Kansuke Nishiyama, Yasuichi Moritsugu, unknown, Toshiichi Okabayashi, unknown, Bannosuke Yoshida, unknown, Tokuemon Moritsugu, Shigezo Maekawa. JCCH/Nobuo Takeno.

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Alien registration card for Mamoru Suga. JCCH/Mamoru Ichiba Suga Collection.

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Group photo. Santa Fe Internment Camp, November 1943. Row 1: Mamoru Suga (3rd from R). Row 2 (L-R): Usaburo Katamoto (2nd), Yoshio Koike (7th), Katsuichi Wakimoto (12th). Row 3 (L-R): Sadato Morifuji (2nd), Yuichi Nakamura (4th), Futoshi Ohama (5th), Kazuto Taketa (8th), Tetsuo Tanaka (9th), Kogan Yoshizumi (11th). Top Row: Isoo Kato (5th), Mannosuke Komu (8th), Kodo Fujitani (12th/3rd from R). JCCH/Joan Oya Collection.

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Internees from Oahu, Santa Fe Internment Camp, 1944. Front row (L-R): Rev. Kogan Yoshizumi (3rd), Ryoichi Tanaka (5th), Nekketsu Takei (8th). Row 2: Mamoru Suga (2nd), Kazuyuki Kawano (3rd), Mannosuke Komu (5th), Masaichi Kobayashi (6th). JCCH/Joan Oya Collection.

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Sante Fe Internment Camp. Bottom Row (L-R): Mamoru Suga (3rd), Rev. Yutetsu Matsui (4th). Row 2: Koichi Iida (4th), Sadato Morifuji (6th). Row 3: Yoshio Koike (3rd; Next to man with beard), Hego Fuchino (4th), Rev. Hakuai Oda (5th). Top Row: Rev. Hosho Kurohira (3rd from right). JCCH/Rev. Hakuai Oda Collection.

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Santa Fe Internment Camp. Bottom Row (L-R): Rev. Kodo Fujitani (2nd), Yoshio Koike (5th). 2nd Row: Mamoru Suga (1st), Hirouemon Yamamoto (6th), Sadato Morifuji (9th). JCCH/Patsy Saiki Archival Collection.

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Santa Fe Internment Camp golf club: Row 1 (L-R): Soichi Obata (1st), Minoru Murakami (7th, with sign), Rev. Shinri Sarashina (8th). Row 2: Tsuruichi Sarae (1st), Rev. Yutetsu Matsui (6th). Row 3: Yuichi Nakamura (1st fr R). Row 4: Hidekichi Nakamoto (4th), Kazuto Taketa (9th). Row 5: Shigeki Mizumoto (1st, with tie), Mamoru Suga (4th), Kinzo Sayegusa (5th). JCCH/Mamoru Ichiba Suga Collection.

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Group Journey

This internee was among thirty-four Issei men who were sent in the ninth transfer group for internment in U.S. Army and Justice Department camps on the Mainland. The internees were sent together from camp to camp, with some paroled to War Relocation Authority camps to reunite with family or transferred for repatriation to Japan.

Sharp Park Detention Station, California

July 1943 - August 1943

Santa Fe Internment Camp, New Mexico

August 1943 - October 1945