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Tim Taira shares is interesting experience as one of over 127,000 Japanese-Americans to be placed in Interment Camps against their will during WWII. Taira spent four years of his childhood at Jermone and Rohwer in the Arkansas Delta and specifically remember his experiences there in detail.

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Interview with Japanese Internment Camp Survivor

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While most of the other relocation camps were built on barren, windswept lands, Jerome Relocation Center was in the middle of heavily wooded swampland, 18 miles south of McGehee and 120 miles southeast of Little Rock. The camp was named after the town of Jerome, which was located a half-mile south.

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 EXTRA CREDIT: Interview with Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center.

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 EXTRA CREDIT: Interview with Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center.

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Interview with Kazuko "Kaz" Fujishima, internee at Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas

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Kazuko "Kaz" Fujishima and her family were poor fruit farmers living in Hanford, California, barely making ends meet. Times turned for the worse after Pearl Harbor and unknown members of the community lashed out at the family.

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 EXTRA CREDIT:        Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center.

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 EXTRA CREDIT:        Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center.

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Interview with Sam Ozaki, internee at Jerome Relocation Center

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The camp was divided into 50 blocks surrounded by a barbed wire fence, a patrol road, and seven watch towers. The blocks were arranged on a north-south grid, except for the warehouse block, which was aligned with the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

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 EXTRA INFO:   CONSTUCTION of the Jerome Relocation Center began on July 15, 1942, it was the last of the ten camps to be opened on October 6, 1942. Internees arrived from the central San Joaquin Valley, San Pedro Bay in California, and Hawaii. Jerome’s population reached 8,497 in November 1942. And It was the first camp to close on June 30, 1944.   The region is extremely humid and receives nearly sixty inches of rain a year. Mud was a constant problem, and the moist environment allowed mosquitos to flourish, which in turn caused malaria and other diseases to spread. The surrounding swamps were also rife with some of the most deadly snake species in North America, a real fear among the internees.

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 EXTRA INFO:   CONSTUCTION of the Jerome Relocation Center began on July 15, 1942, it was the last of the ten camps to be opened on October 6, 1942. Internees arrived from the central San Joaquin Valley, San Pedro Bay in California, and Hawaii. Jerome’s population reached 8,497 in November 1942. And It was the first camp to close on June 30, 1944.   The region is extremely humid and receives nearly sixty inches of rain a year. Mud was a constant problem, and the moist environment allowed mosquitos to flourish, which in turn caused malaria and other diseases to spread. The surrounding swamps were also rife with some of the most deadly snake species in North America, a real fear among the internees.

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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DID FOR THEM: On December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 1492 into law guaranteeing $38,000,000 in federal money to restore the Jerome relocation center along with nine other former Japanese internment camps

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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DID FOR THEM: On December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 1492 into law guaranteeing $38,000,000 in federal money to restore the Jerome relocation center along with nine other former Japanese internment camps

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POPULATION & WHERE FROM:      The population was 8,497 (November 1942) DEMOGRAPHICS: Most people interned at Jerome War Relocation Center came from Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sacramento counties in California. Most came to Jerome via the Santa Anita and Fresno assembly centers. 811 people came from Hawaii.

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POPULATION & WHERE FROM:      The population was 8,497 (November 1942) DEMOGRAPHICS: Most people interned at Jerome War Relocation Center came from Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sacramento counties in California. Most came to Jerome via the Santa Anita and Fresno assembly centers. 811 people came from Hawaii.

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CAMP LOCATION:    The Jerome War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeastern Arkansas near the town of Jerome. Jerome is located 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of the Rohwer War Relocation Center.

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CAMP LOCATION:    The Jerome War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeastern Arkansas near the town of Jerome. Jerome is located 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of the Rohwer War Relocation Center.

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OPENING & CLOSING:        Jerome War Relocation Center  opened from October 6, 1942, until June 30, 1944.

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OPENING & CLOSING:        Jerome War Relocation Center  opened from October 6, 1942, until June 30, 1944.

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Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas is our Internment Camp.

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Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas is our Internment Camp.

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