Other Facilites

 

Dozens of other facilities relate to WWII, including assembly centers and the military facilities where Japanese American soldiers served their country. This page includes just a hint of other "camp connections."

In addition, the National Park Service is the steward of numerous sites related to WWII history, including the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, HI, and Rose the Riveter Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, CA. Manzanar National Historic Site is collaborating with these sites to insure that visitors to each site see a full picture of WWII history. For more information on NPS sites, visit the National Park Service website at www.nps.gov. For more information on Manzanar's collaboration with fellow WWII sites, contact Superintendent, Manzanar National Historic Site, P.O. Box 426, Independence, CA 93526. Tel: 760-878-2932. Email: MANZ_Superintendent@nps.gov.

Assembly Centers

 
Opened
Closed
Population
Destination
Fresno, CA
5-6-42
10-30-42
5,120
Jerome, Gila River
Marysville, CA
5-8-42
6-29-42
2,451
Tule Lake
Mayer, AZ
5-7-42
6-2-42
245
Poston
Merced, CA
5-6-42
9-15-42
4,508
Granada
Pinedale, CA
5-7-42
7-23-42
4,792
Tule Lake, Poston
Pomona, CA
5-2-42
9-10-42
5,434
Heart Mountain
Portland, OR
5-2-42
9-10-42
3,676
Heart Mountain, Poston, Minidoka
Puyallup, WA
4-28-42
9-12-42
7,390
Tule Lake, Minidoka
Sacramento, CA
5-6-42
6-26-42
4,739
Tule Lake
Salinas, CA
4-7-42
7-4-42
3,539
Poston
Santa Anita, CA
3-27-42
10-27-42
18,719
Poston, six others
Stockton, CA
5-10-42
10-17-42
4,271
Rohwer, Gila River
Tanforan, CA
4-28-42
10-13-42
7,816
Granada
Tulare, CA
4-20-42
9-4-42
4,978
Gila River
Turlock, CA
4-30-42
8-12-42
3,662
Gila River
Owens Valley, CA
3-21-42
5-31-42
9,666
became Manzanar
Parker Dam, AZ
5-8-42
5-31-42
11,738
became Poston


Preserving MIS History at the Presidio of San Francisco

The National Park Service (NPS) is working in partnership with the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) in San Francisco to study the proposed renovation of Presidio Building 640 as an Interpretive Center.

During World War II, Building 640 was the original home of the Fourth Army Intelligence School. The school was instrumental in training Japanese Americans in translation, battlefield interrogation skills, and cultural understanding. According to historians, the school's graduates hastened the end of the War and helped to ensure post-war democracy in Japan.

The faculty was just a short distance from the Presidio Headquarters of Western Defense Command General John L. DeWitt during World War II. DeWitt, empowered by President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, ordered the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Many of the soldiers in the intelligence school were serving the U.S. while their families were excluded from the West Coast.

The Building 640 Project is located within the jurisdiction of the Presidio Trust. Proposed adaptive uses of the site include interpretive exhibits and programs that will explore the soldiers' experience as well as the national and international precedent established at Building 640. Approval of the final project program, proposed leasing and building renovations are pending by Presidio Trust.

For more information, contact: National Japanese American Historical Society, 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115-3604. Tel: 415-921-5007. Email: njahs@njahs.org. Website: www.njahs.org.