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Murder by drunks....
Horrible account of the murdering cowards
that shotgunned to death two unfortunate
American Citizens...Shame on the US Army
...American Citizens!...
I AM A 101ST Vietnam Vet and took one NVA
pow..I gave him my canteen with water and
a cigarette...no need to murder pow\'s.
Chance...rio rancho


Editor's note: The victims were not American citizens. Regardless, no one, citizen or non-citizen, warrior or civilian, innocent or guilty, should be summarily executed.

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Jessica Habjan and I am working with KNME-TV in collaboration with The New Mexico History Museum on one of 15 short pieces about different and unique aspects of New Mexican history. The piece I am currently working on is about the The Santa Fe Japaneses Internment Camp. I am currently looking for photos and materials for this piece. I was impressed by your organizations website and would like to see if it would be possible to talk with you about incorporating some of your photos and poetry into our piece. I am working Mr. Michael Kamins, the executive producer at KNME-TV, and he suggested that I try to get in contact with someone at your organization as you could be a great resource for this project. Mr Kamins has tried to contact you in the past but hadn't received a reply.

Sincerely,

Jessica Habjan

Hi my name is Valarie Gelabert and my great grandfather Bundy Avant was an officer at this camp, I have a painting from one of the people who were at this camp that was given to my grandfather. I have been trying to find out the history on this painting and the gentleman who painted it. His name on the painting was Casey Kondo, if you have any information could you please mail me and let me know.

Valarie Gelabert

Hi, I have been working on my wife's family tree for a couple years now and just came across your site. Her grandfather was interned in Santa Fe very early on and not permitted to join the rest of her family (including her father) in Poston until 1945. I have spent some time recently trying to learn more about Santa Fe and it's been fairly difficult to find much substantive to read about it, and pictures (as you no doubt know better than I do) are even harder to come by.

The only family member left who could best identify her grandfather is her uncle, who is himself in his mid 80s and whose eyesight, sadly, is poor. I am writing to ask whether you have a larger or more detailed scan of the photograph of the (presumed-) poetry group available that you could send so that I could print and send it to him? Her grandfather's name, just in case it rings a bell, was Sukegoro Tawa.

Thanks for your site. It's an interesting one and I look forward to poking around it more and learning from it.

Dave Gordon

Thank you so much for the information here. My aunt found this website and the paperwork you provided assisted me in finding my aunt's files (Sand Island, Honouliuli) and grandfather's files (Sand Island, Santa Fe, & Lourdsberg). It was very emotional to ready.

I believe my grandfather may have been a part of a poetry group at one of the two camps in New Mexico since in a packet of paperwork we discovered, there was a book of poems, and a Buddhist book of sutras that he probably chanted.

Thank you so much for keeping this website up.

Todd Z. Takahashi

I would like to know how many Japanese Peruvian were in this Camps. I read in the Higashide Book that all of them were single, Would l you help me I am working in my PHD dissertation and is about The Japanese in Latina America during the WWII

Prof. Haydeč Vilchez
History department
UPEL IPC Caracas Venezuela

Dear Mr. Brian Minami

I have called you twice but as you seemed busy, I e-mail you.

I am Teruko Kumei, a professor at Shirayuri College in Tokyo, teaching American history and culture. My current research topic is a short poetry (haiku, tanka, and senryu). While looking through websites, I came across the photos of senryu poems in shikishi, for example Jakki' poem. I have studied senryu and haiku made in Santa Fe and other internment camps and actually I met a son of Jakki Yasutake. I like to know where those shikishis are now. If possible I like to make contact with the person or persons who have those shikishi.

I am now in Seattle, but will back to Japan on 14th. But I can come back to the US, in December or in February.

Teruko Kumei
Shirayuri College

Thank you for such a beautiful website. I'm hoping that you have or can direct me to more information about the people interned at Santa Fe.

My grandfather was interned there in 1944 and I have several group photos taken at the camp. His name was Mamoru Suga from Honolulu, Hawaii and he passed away when I was very young. Is there a list of internees or any other information available?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Aloha,

Natalie Suga Kossuth

Hi Brian, just reconnected with the web site as we are reading a book about the whole mess in my book group. Just wanted to clarify that I am Lloyd Jensens niece, not nephew! Hope to learn more on one of our trips through Santa Fe.

Many thanks,

Lou Schatz

Hello, I have a watercolor picture I found in a Reno,Nevada thrift store of the Japanese Internment Camp at Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is signed, "Carmo and Company" I can send via email this picture--Please let me know if you have any information concerning--Thank you,

Many thanks,

G. McNulty

Thank you for a thoughtful and important website. My grandfather, Hiroshi Aisawa, was at Lordsburg and Toshiro Kobata was a close family friend. My dad remembers Mr. Kobata bringing presents for all the kids at Xmas time when they lived in Brawley.

Many thanks,

Ellan Aisawa Young

Will you be posting the additional pictures of the Santa Fe camp soon? My grandfather was interned in the camp from June 1943 to October 1945 after about eight months in Lordsburg. He was one of the camp cooks. I am very interested in seeing the additional pictures of the camp -- maybe my grandfather will be in one of them.

khlh1408

I remember as a very young child, about 3 -5 years of age, my dad taking me to the interment camp in Lordsburg,cant remember much except a fire truck. The road the goes to the interment camp is now known as POW Road. There is one building left that used to be the hospital but no other markers that I know of.

darredondo

I love your site. I am a volunteer with the Oregon Nikkei Endownment and we are working on a project/program about Oregon residents that were incarcerated after Pearl Harbor. I especially like your links to NARA and the forms download. I'd like to have our site be able to do that. http://www.oregonnikkei.org

Also I'd like to know more about the people you researched in case any of our Oregonians are included. We used a photo of Oregon incarcerated people at Santa Fe for the starting list.

Thanks for any response

Amy

My dad, Hideki Fukui, was imprisoned here after being shipped out of Manzanar & Tule Lake for being a "troublemaker." I have a photo to share. ...who can I send a digital copy to to share on this site? My dad is still alive in Oceanside, CA. I live in Boulder, CO and wonder if any of the people in the photo are still alive or perhaps live in the Rocky Mountain area?

garrels

My apologies for my much delayed reply as I've been meaning to contact you for some time, and my thanks to you for your reply. I would like to talk to you at some point to ask a few questions about Santa Fe as my grandfather was in Santa Fe during WWII, sent there from Tule Lake. My father was sent to Bismarck, ND about the same time. I'm only beginning the process of gathering information about their experiences.

I am heading to Tule Lake for the 2009 pilgrmage next week. Please let me know if and when you might be available for a telephone call. I am located in the Los Angeles, South Bay area.

I'll look forward to talking to you.

Regards,

James

I also wish to add my thanks to those responsible for this website. For years I had no luck writing to the Justice Department for my grandfather's records as an internee of the Santa Fe Camp and was finally successful using the information I found here! The information received was incredible and would not have been possible without your website's information. Sincere thanks on behalf of the Taikichi Kato family!

rsasaki99

As a child my mother would often tell me stories of the internment camp and the people she had met there. She had a job where she did the shopping for the camp detainees. She always felt sorry for the inmates and felt that the government had done them an injustice. Her name was Josephine Ce De Baca

lobato.rick

This is a beautiful website - thank you for preserving this piece of history. I just visited Lordsburg for the first time, and saw no marker or other sign suggesting that families had been interned there - perhaps we repeat these injuries to ourselves because there are not enough people like you to help us recall them. The poetry and description of the covered-up killing of two \"escapees\" on your site is also quite profound.

pilarnyc

Thank you for your website. Are you still interested in learning the names of members in the group? One of the members is my grandfather who was from Hawaii. Also, my mother and uncle are able to identify several of the other "unknowns" in the photo.
Thank you,

J. Kawabata
Honolulu, Hawaii

A beautiful website with tribute. Will you be having any activities for the remembrance date in Santa Fe?

yukita9

This is an incredible site. I teach New Mexico history near Santa Fe, and this is one chapter of our history that remains virtually unknown. Your website, which was highlighted in a recent Pasatiempo article and Nancy Bartlit's "Hidden Voices of WWII" are doing wonders to end this historical amnesia. Thank you.

jdwaldman

Years ago (2000?) I wrote to Joe Ando and wonder if he completed his project of identifying the men interned at Santa Fe. My father and his younger brother were held there; they lost their US citizenship and it took years to get it back. My mother, my sisters and I remained at the Poston camp. Is there a museum where documents/photos of the camp can be viewed? I enjoyed your site and wish to thank those that worked hours on this project.

Hatsumi Yamakawa Park