Cover Page

Table of Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Essay

Brief History

Gila River

Granada

Heart Mountain

Jerome

Manzanar

Minidoka

Poston

Rohwer

Topaz

Tule Lake

Isolation Centers

Add'l Facilities

Assembly Centers

DoJ and US Army Facilities

Prisons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord

Chapter 4 (continued)
Gila River Relocation Center

Canal Camp
Administration, Hospital, and Warehouse Areas

In the central portion of the camp, between the residential area and the South Side Canal, the concrete slab foundations of the administration building and fire station are intact (Figure 4.25). Both building slabs have names and dates in the concrete (Table 4.1). There is also eight-sided concrete base that apparently held a flagpole (Figure 4.26). Culverts southeast and southwest of the administration area an along "D" street have several inscriptions that include the official post office name for the relocation center (Rivers, Ariz.) and a 1943 date (Figures 4.27 and 4.28). In the eastern portion of Canal Camp, there is little evidence of the staff housing or hospital buildings. However, the 21 concrete slab foundations from the warehouses still remain (Figure 4.29).

Figure 4.25. Concrete slab of the Canal Camp fire station.	Figure 4.26. Flagpole base in administration area at Canal Camp.
Figure 4.27. Inscription in administration area at Canal Camp.	Figure 4.28. Inscription in administration area at Canal Camp.

Figure 4.29. Concrete slab of warehouse at Canal Camp.

Table 4.1. Inscriptions at Canal Camp.

~ 1943 ~ RIVERS	Administration Area
T. NAGA 9.4 1943 A RIVERS, ARIZ.	Administration Area
YUTAKA HANDA MAR 3, 1943	Administration Area
S. Handa YAS S. Handa 3/3/43	Fire Station
HHM	Block 3 sidewalk
43 Sauaki Handa	Block 4
• 8-1-A K. KUNISUYE •	Block 8 entry
In Japanese: "Showa 17 (1942) August Sakuyuki (surname)"	Block 8 pond
8-26-03 (?)	Block 13
Y. KODA Feb 6, 1944 In Japanese: "KODA"	Block 25 entry
KOODA-BROS 25-6-D 2/6/44 BY PORKY R.O. CARDS-JRS	Block 25 entry

Continued

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