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Background
The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about 30 mi (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945.
Miiko Taka (é«ç¾ä»¥å, Taka Miiko) (born Miiko Shikata July 24, 1925 â January 4, 2023) was an American actress, popular for her film and television roles from the late 1950s until the early 1980s.
Naoyuki Takasugi (é«æ ç´è¡, Takasugi Naoyuki; April 5, 1922 â November 19, 2009) was an American politician from California, a member of the Republican Party, and a survivor of the Japanese American internment camps.
George Yoshio Hoshida (1907, Japan-1985, Hawaii) was a Japanese American artist known for his drawings made during World War II, when he was incarcerated in three US internment camps and two Justice Department camps between 1942 and 1945.
George Tetsuo Aratani (èè°· å²å¤«, Aratani Tetsuo; May 22, 1917 â February 19, 2013) was a Japanese American entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder of Mikasa china and owner of the Kenwood Electronics corporation.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Gila River War Relocation Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gila-river-war-relocation-center
Chicago
"Gila River War Relocation Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gila-river-war-relocation-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-gila-river-war-relocation-c,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Gila River War Relocation Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gila-river-war-relocation-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}
Miiko Taka1925–2023 · actor
Paul Terasaki1929–2016 · surgeon
Nao Takasugi1922–2009 · politician