WWII CAMP WALL
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IMAGE BY CHEE SALETTE
WWII CAMP WALL
Building the Educational Program in conjunction with the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Monument
The WWII Camp Wall (WWIICW) developed a model for the monument which they introduced to the City of Torrance. The City of Torrance is constructing this monument, the vision of Dr. Kanji Sahara, at Columbia Park (190th and Prairie).
The WWIICW raised $5M in state monies via Assemblyman Muratsuchi to cover the cost of the project. When the project increased in scope to an addirional $4.99M, the City of Torrance guaranteed these additional monies, and is fundraising to cover that amount. Monies donated to the WWIICW go towards education and future Phase II construction costs.
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Image by Chee Salette
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THE MONUMENT
The WWII Camp Wall Monument has been renamed by the City of Torrance to The WWII Japanese American Incarceration Monument. The WWII Camp Wall remanins the name of the nonprofit that founded this project.
The monument design is by architectural firm, Chee Salette and will consist of walls for the ten War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps during WWII. These wall will list the names of those incarcerated there. There will be an additional wall listing the names of those that were interned in Department of Justice (DOJ) and Army Camps.
The names are being sourced, with much gratitude, through Dr. Duncan Williams' Ireicho Project.
The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA's Asian American Studies Center co-sponsor this project.
HONORING THOSE WHO ENDURED
During World War II, more than 125,000 Japanese in American were forcibly removed from their homes and imprisoned in concentration camps across the United States. The WWII Japanese American Incarceration Monument stands as a tribute to their strength, sacrifice, and quiet resilience in the face of injustice. We honor those who endured incarceration — not for what they suffered, but for how they lived, resisted, and rebuilt their lives with dignity. Their names and their stories deserve to be remembered.
Photo by Nancy Hayata, Manzanar, CA
Photograph by Francis Stewart. Eden, Idaho. Baggage, belonging to evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to owners in their barrack apartments. National Archives Identifier: 538278