Part 1: Closing of an Internment Center
A little girl is consoled as the closing of the Jerome Center separates her from her pet, Major, a friendly dog owned by Henry Ishino, which had become the pet of all the children in the block. Denson, Arkansas, 1944
Closing of the Jerome Center, Denson, Arkansas. Military Police assist evacuees entering the chair cars on the June 13th trip to the Gila River Center. Denson, Arkansas, 1944
Closing of the Jerome Center, Denson, Arkansas. Clara Hasegawa and Tad Mijake take a last look at the Jerome Center from the balcony of one of the camp's guard towers. 1944
Closing of the Jerome Center, Denson, Arkansas. Residents remaining in the
Jerome Center awaiting transportation to other localities crowd the streets
as they return to their homes after the departure of a train. 1944
Passengers for the Gila River train leave the trucks and approach the cars
to which they have been assigned. Denson, Arkansas, 1944
Evacuees still remaining in the Jerome Center wave to friends on the train
from behind the wire fence surrounding the camp. Denson, Arkansas, 1944
The whistle blows, the train jerks forward, and Jerome residents awaiting movement to other centers wave to their friends who are en route to Gila River Center. Denson, Arkansas, 1944
Part 2: Going Home
First Japanese-American family leaves Central Utah Relocation Center
for California. Topaz, Utah, 1945
Daddy will be glad to know we're going home. So said Mrs. Marianne Arimoto to her children as she packed a photograph of Pvt. Edgar Arimoto, army volunteer in France. 1945
First Japanese-American family packs in preparation to leave
Central Utah Relocation Center for California. Topaz, Utah, 1945
Lining the rails of the SS Shawnee, in Los Angeles Harbor, to bid farewell to friends, are a group of persons of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated from Hawaii during the war. 1945
Japanese-American women prepare to return to their California ranch home. Topaz, Utah, 1945