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"The A. J. Rife Construction Company was contracted to build the camp at cost of $4.7 million." stated Densho encyclopedia.

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Sports were a popular activity. Jerome had some 75 baseball and softball teams, some built around prewar communities.

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Meals were taken in mess halls at designated times, disturbing traditional family units as children and adults alike soon took to eating with friends and peers rather than family. Sometimes snake would be on the menu and prisoners thought it tasted like chicken.

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Jerome's schools didn't open until January 4, 1943, and even then, chairs did not appear for weeks and other supplies and equipment for months. Nonetheless, some 2,061 students attended Jerome's schools, taught by 94 teachers.

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The main residential area of the camp consisted of about 500 acres (about one square mile) that were surrounded by barbed wire fences and guard towers.

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Video interview from Jerome Relocation Center

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Video interview from Jerome Relocation Center

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Interview with Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center

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As of January 1943, the population 7,932 people, and the following month Jerome reached its peak at nearly 8,500.

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Jerome War Relocation Center was one of the two camps in the Arkansas Delta, 27 miles north from Jerome.

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The Jerome War Relocation Center opened on October 6, 1942 and it was the first camp to close on June 30, 1944.

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Jacob Stanzione
Anthony Bailey
period 6
Gilbert