Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho

Memorial

Radio Repair Shop. Henry Tambora, Radio Repairman. Former occupation: radio repairman. Former residence: Portland, Oregon

All the furniture in this evacuee apartment was constructed from scrap material. The wall paper, drapes and other furnishings were purchased from a mail order house. (L to R) Mrs. Eizo Nishi, housewife, and Eime, four, daughter. Former residence: Seattle, Washington. 12/9/43

Eden, Idaho--A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks. 8/18/42

Main administration building. Hunt, Idaho.

Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto, 80, and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, 80, on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Sakamoto came to the United States from Japan in 1894. He was the first Japanese second-hand furniture store proprietor, first Japanese express man and one of the first vegetable market operators in Seattle.. 12/11/43

A train bringing approximately six hundred evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington. Busses, used to transport these people to the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center, are waiting at the siding. 8/17/42

T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on loan to General Wingate's Chindits, a British unit fighting in the Burma Jungles often behind Japanese lines.

Baggage, belonging to evacuees who have just arrived from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to barrack apartments. 8/17/42

Shown here are the four Sakura brothers who have volunteered for service in the combat team in the United States Army which is composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry. These four brothers are fulfilling a vow made to their father, who died 20 years ago, to live and die for the United States, if Japan and America should ever go to war. (Left to right): Lt. Stanley D. Arnold, head of the War Department Recruiting Team, and the four Sakura brothers, Ken, Chester, Ted and Howard. 3/26/43

Fumi Onodera, 20, proudly points at the names of her 3 brothers, Ko, Kaun, 24; and Satoru, 22, on the Honor Roll of Japanese Americans serving in the U. S. Army from the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The 3 brothers are in training in a combat team at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with other Americans of Japanese parentage. Some have already seen action in Italy. The Onodera brothers are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Toyosuke Onodera of Hunt. He was formerly a tailor in Seattle, Washington. The Hunt Honor Roll numbers 416 now and the list is still growing. More than half volunteered since Pearl Harbor. 10/14/43

Luncheon serving ....... Menu: Baked macaroni with Spanish sauce, spinach, pickled beets, bread pudding, tea, bread and butter. 12/2/42