The monuments at the Rohwer Relocation Center honoring the Japanese-Americans interned at the camp located on Highway 1 between Back Gate and McGehee. Visible to the left in the background are gravestones of some of the individuals who died while interned there. To the right in the background behind the monument is the top of an old outhouse that was still standing in 2003 when this picture was taken. Also still standing is a smokestack located approximately a mile away that was near the camp hospital and is now the site of the Delta Special School District.
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Abe Dengoro |
1882-1944 |
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Nakamura
Tokuye |
1897-1944 |
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Kowata
Takefhi |
1890-1943 |
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Harada
Tom Yuji |
1867-1943 |
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Matsuda
Matagoro |
1872-1942 |
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Hashimoto
Zenjiro |
1882-1943 |
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Kunishi
Saijiro |
1867-1943 |
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Ogawa
Masuyemarion |
1926-1943 |
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Goto
Tozaimon |
1860-1943 |
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Fukushima
Genkinchi |
1876-1944 |
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Matsumoto
Shintaro |
1877-1944 |
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Yoshimoto
Kasaburo |
1872-1943 |
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Fukui
Kisaburo |
1868-1943 |
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Kagacva
Asaomary |
1891-1943 |
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Kabafhima
Naozo |
1870-1942 |
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Aoki
Hidekichi |
1881-1943 |
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Nakayama
Yoshikichi |
1882-1943 |
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Sano
Ingant |
1943 |
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Tasuyi
Ingant |
1943 |
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Masaki |
1942 |
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Omura
Yoshino |
1897-1943 |
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Asai
Tohachi |
1879-1942 |
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Sueymatsu
Yoahitaro |
1875-1943 |
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Aoki
Hidekichi |
1881-1943 |
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Papy
(Hobo ? an American) |
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A marker dedicated to the men from the Rohwer center who
gave their lives to America on foreign soil, as follows:
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Pvt.
Sumuku Okura |
France |
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Pfc.
Masuto Sokado |
France |
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Pfc.
George Saito |
France |
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Pfc.
Calvin Saito |
Italy |
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Sgt.
Zenichi Masuda |
Italy |
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Sgt.
Togo Sugivama |
Italy |
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Sgt.
Rova Shimatsu |
Italy |
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Sgt.
Tedt Fanouye |
Italy |
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Cpl.
Yoshinori Sakai |
France |
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Sgt.
Seichi Nakamoto |
France |
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Pfc.
Bob Kameoka |
France |
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Cpl.
George Nakamura |
France |
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Pfc.
Kotanaka |
France |
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Pfc.
Masaru Toshima |
France |
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Pfc.
George Omawawa |
France |
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Pfc.
Minoru Yoshido |
France |
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Pfc.
Fred S. Yasuda |
France |
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Pfc.
Cooper Tuhara |
France |
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Pfc.
Kay K. Masaoka |
France |
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Pfc.
Takeokaneichi |
France |
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Pfc
. Joe Mishimoto |
France |
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Pfc.
Akira Otsubo |
France |
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Sgt.
Stanley Ichiki |
Germany |
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Cpl.
Toshio Hozaki |
Italy |
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Pvt.
Takeo Ninomuja |
Italy |
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Pfc.
Tatuo Yoshizaki |
Italy |
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Sgt.
William Inamoto |
Italy |
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Cpl.
Robert Kishi |
Italy |
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Sgt.
Iwaotakahachi |
Italy |
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Cpl.
George Kawano |
Italy
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Inscription on huge marker as follows: May the people of
Arkansas keep in beauty and reverence this ground where our bodies sleep. (CC note: Grounds
are maintained by American Legion Post Walter Hall #84 in Dumas.)
In memory of our sons who sacrificed their lives in the
service of their country. They fought
for Freedom. They died that the World
might have peace.
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