Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War II. Infants and children at a Japanese orphanage play in a garden. Girls play on a see saw, swings and slides. Orphans dine at a mess and talk. A nurse assists infants sleep on their beds at a dormitory.
Japanese Americans lower the United States flag at Poston War Relocation Center (internment camp) in Arizona, during World War II. They fold the flag carefully. Elevated view looking down on armored vehicles and tanks during a military parade in the United States. Nisei (second generation Japanese-American) U.S. Army soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team seen in training for combat operations, at a military base in the United States. Slate notes that their slogan is "Go For Broke" and quotes a soldier as saying, "We have more to fight for than you do. Of course, we fight for our country, America, but we are also out to redeem the name of our race." Japanese- American soldiers navigate an obstacle course in Army training.
Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War II. A liner sails near the Manhattan Bridge on water front of Manhattan. Streets and markets crowded with Japanese-American people. Japanese students at a school. A Japanese man teaches girls lessons to handle film camera. A military officer registers a Nisei couple. Car moves in the desert for site selection of relocation center. Men clear ground for making relocation homes. Homes, colonies and farmlands under construction. A family enters their cabinet in the relocation center. Nisei children play in mud and barbed fences at the relocation centers. Military Police guards during a parade with rifles. A mother and child walk in mud.
Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War 2. A relocation center in Wyoming. Japanese man and women carry buckets at a place to bath. Women wash cloth in the public tubs. Nisei gather in morning at the mess. People dine together. Nisei police guards on duty at relocation centers. A Victory Garden with fruits and vegetable developed by Japanese farmers. Nisei farmers in farms. Men and women harvest vegetables from a field. A man on the tractor plows a field. Rice fields developed in Gila River, Amazon by Nisei farmers. Workers feed chicken at a poultry farm. Mechanized farming equipment repaired by Nisei mechanic.
Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War 2. Nisei with various profession work at the relocation camp. A welder makes wheels, workers work on machines, a cook in a kitchen. A woman poses and a photographer takes photo. A Nisei secretary to an American official. A painter, typists, workers at textile mills work at the relocation centers. Nisei women make dolls and coats. A beautician works on a Nisei woman. Woman sells cloth at a cloth store.
Oahu Railway and Land Company locomotive No. 76 departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with commuter train for Honolulu. Passenger cars with freight doors had been previously converted to "can cars" by the OR&L and returned to passenger service after the Dec. 7th 1941 attack. Style of blackout headlight indicates 1942. Cars and trucks on road stop near a railway crossing. Men pass the crossing. Palm leaves near a sea shore. (World War II period).
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