The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the northwest Wyoming towns of Cody and Powell, was one of ten concentration camps used for the i
Heart Mountain historical marker and mountain behind
Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Looking west over the Heart Mountain Relocation Center with its sentry namesake, Heart Mountain, on the horizon. (NARA 538782)
"Tubbie" Kunimatsu and Laverne Kurahara demonstrate some intricate jitterbug steps, during a school dance held in the high school gymnasium, November 1943.
The home of the Hosokawas, with (left to right) Alice and Bill Hosokawa with their son Mike alongside Vaughn Mechau, Margaret Jensen, and Julena Steinheider
During World War II, about 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in ten concentration camps in the United States, operated by the War Relocation Authority, mostly
Heart Mountain Relocation Center
…after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the northwest Wyoming towns of Cody and Powell, was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted during World War II from their local communities (including their homes, businesses, and college residencies) in the West Coast Exclusion Zone…
Woodland, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are boarding a special train for Merced Assembl... NARA 537818
Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A general all over view of a section of the emergency... NARA 539071
Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making camouflage nets for the War Department. T... NARA 538118
Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuee farmers harvesting spinach at this relocatio... NARA 538585