This 1944 class photo was taken in either the Jerome or the Rohwen Internment Camp in 1944. Joe Shimasaki, who was possibly in the 7th grade at the time, is pictured in the top row, seconf from the left.
People who lived in Block 27 in Rohwen Relocation Camp, McGhee, Arkansas, are pictured in the group photo taken in 1945. The Shimasaki family lived in this block.
Fred Shimasaki was in Army Military Police training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, in January 1945. He later served with his brother, Sam, in Belgium. He is shown in uniform.
Sam Shimasaki was in Army Military Police training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, in January 1945. He later served in Belgium in the same unit as his brother, Fred. He is shown in uniform.
The Shimasaki brothers and sister Rinko in a 1945 photo. Sam and Fred, both in the army in Belgium, had emergency leave to visit their mother who was dying of cancer. Pictured are (top row, left to right) Sam, Tom, Ira and Fred. Front row: Walter,…
The Shimasaki family reunion in the summer of 1987 was in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at the home of Rinko Shimasaki. Pictured (left to right ) are, top row: Sam, Walter, Joe, Ira and Fred Shimasaki. Bottom row: Atsuko, Tom and Rinko Shimasaki.