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337: 318:. The land was heavily forested and swampy due to its proximity to the Mississippi River 5 miles to the east. Extensive clearing and draining was necessary, making construction at the site a difficult and slow-going task. The camp was still under construction when the first inmates began to arrive. Ultimately the camp held administrative offices, schools, a hospital, and 36 residential blocks, each with twelve 20' by 120' barracks divided into several "apartments", as well as communal dining and sanitary facilities, all contained within a guarded barbed-wire fence. 79: 2524: 104: 484: 392: 62: 430:(February 19, 1942). Under this order, over 110,000 Japanese Americans and their immigrant parents were forcibly removed from the three Pacific Coast States—California, Oregon, and Washington. In all, ten camps were established in desolate sites, all chosen for their distance from the Pacific Coast. Over 10,000 evacuees passed through Rohwer during its existence, and over two thirds of these were American citizens. The monuments found within the camp's cemetery are perhaps the most poignant record of this time." 627: 372:," as it came to be known, created anger and confusion because of two questions: one asked Japanese Americans if they were willing to volunteer for military service (despite their mistreatment by the government and the army) and the other if they would "forswear their allegiance to the Emperor of Japan" (although many had never held such allegiance in the first place). The set-up of the questions was confusing and internees were suspicious of their true purpose. 2535: 641: 111: 86: 353:
agricultural work or labor details outside camp. As 500 acres (200 ha) of the site used for residences and other buildings, officials used the remainder of Rohwer's land to grow more than 100 agricultural products. These were used to supplement the inmates' food rations (kept to a bare minimum of 37 cents a day per inmate to avoid rumors that the WRA was "coddling" Japanese Americans).
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In 1942, M.C. Brown, a tenant farmer on horseback on his way home from deer hunting, came across some Japanese Americans from the Rohwer camp, on a work detail in the woods. He fired his gun, and one of the Japanese American men was struck in the hip by a pellet while another was wounded in the calf
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The loyalty questionnaire and subsequent recruitment efforts proved especially unpopular in the Jerome camp, located 27 miles south of Rohwer. Only 2 percent of eligible men in Jerome (and in Rohwer) enlisted. Some 2,147 others, a quarter of Jerome's population, were classified as "disloyal" after
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in 1974. A tank-shaped memorial, made of reinforced concrete, guards the cemetery, commemorating Japanese Americans who fought for their country during World War II. 581 men joined the U.S. Army from this camp, either volunteering or accepting their conscription into the legendary 100th Infantry
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The largest remaining structure is the high school gymnasium/auditorium, which was added to and was in service with the local school before it closed in July 2004. The tallest structure is the smokestack from the hospital incinerator. Neither of these is marked in any way to indicate historical
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in California. A large portion of Rohwer inmates were school-age children, most born in the US. About 2,000 students attended the camp's schools, which were opened on November 9, 1942, after some delay. Adults took jobs with the administration, hospital, schools, and mess halls, in addition to
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In its summary on the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery, the National Park Service indicates that the cemetery's condition is threatened due to deterioration of the grave markers and monuments, but that ownership of the site is unclear. Deterioration is visible in photographs of the site.
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In 1943, the WRA required all adults in Rohwer and the other camps to submit to a series of questions. Officially, it was presented as the registration process to obtain clearance to leave camp for work or school – and it was initially distributed only to the citizen
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significance. The rail line used to bring internees and supplies to the camp remains, though it is apparently abandoned. Some of the rails date back to World War II and before. This rail line also served the
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in 2013 and serves as the history museum and unofficial visitor center for the Rohwer War Relocation Center. Exhibits include a film, oral histories, photographs and personal artifacts of the internees.
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Various building foundations, walkways, culverts and other improvements are still visible and some are still in use by the local residents. Trees planted by residents have grown tall.
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Battalion, the famed 442nd RCT and MIS. Thirty-one who came from Rohwer died in action, and their names are inscribed on the memorial, as well as a later memorial raised nearby.
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Rohwer opened on September 18, 1942, and reached a peak population of 8,475 by March 1943. Most detainees had been forced out of their homes and businesses in
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in 1992. It has a monument to Japanese American war dead from the camp, and also a monument to those who died at the camp. The camp site was listed on the
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The Linebarger-Senne Construction Company was contracted to build the camp at a cost of $ 4.8 million; it worked under the supervision of the
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of the leg. The Japanese Americans were working in the woods under the supervision of a government engineer when the shooting occurred.
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The camp cemetery survives as the only site still identified as having been part of the internment center. It was listed as a
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The cemetery is located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of State Route 1, approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) northeast of
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In its National Historic Landmark summary on the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery, the National Park Service writes:
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Together with the Tule Lake Segregation Center, Rohwer was the last WRA camp to close, on November 30, 1945.
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giving unfavorable responses to the questionnaire. They were transferred to the "segregation center" at
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Heritage Site, and features a memorial, the camp cemetery, interpretive panels and audio kiosks.
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Rohwer Relocation Camp was constructed in the late summer and early fall of 1942 as a result of
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The 10,161-acre (4,112 ha) of land on which Rohwer was built had been purchased by the
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Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery, Arkansas Highway 1, Rohwer, Desha County, AR
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Deterioration is discussed in a report from the National Park Service to the President.
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from tax-delinquent landowners in the 1930s. It remained largely abandoned until the
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who were eligible for leave, before being extended to the first-generation
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Monument to the men of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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initially opposed the WRA's proposal to build Rohwer and its neighbor,
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Vickers, Ruth Petway (Summer 1951). "Japanese-American Relocation".
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Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
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Rohwer War Relocation Center is located in Arkansas
Rohwer War Relocation Center is located in the United States
Desha County, Arkansas
Rohwer, Arkansas
33°45′58.67″N 91°16′48.57″W / 33.7662972°N 91.2801583°W / 33.7662972; -91.2801583
Kaneo Fujioka
Kay Horisawa
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Japanese American concentration camp
Arkansas
Desha County
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National Historic Landmark
Farm Security Administration
War Relocation Authority
Homer Adkins
Jerome
disenfranchisement of African-American citizens
Army Corps of Engineers
Edward F. Neild
Shreveport
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