Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1

Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1 (HM2AIJ)

Location: Fort Stanton, NM 88323 Lincoln County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 29.849', W 105° 31.678'

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During 1945, 17 men of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned here in what was officially known as Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1.

Shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government confined more than 120,000 Japanese American citizens to sites around the country. At least 8 of the men incarcerated here were Issei, Japanese immigrants who resided in the U.S. but were prohibited from citizenship due to racist exclusionary legislation. The others were American citizens by birth. All were accused of holding pro-Japanese sentiments.

The site was heavily guarded and surrounded by a 10-foot-tall barbed wire fence. Prisoner quarters consisted of two-man wooden "victory huts." The men shared basic facilities with German segregants housed next door. In October 1945, the Dept. of Justice transferred the 17 men from this secretive site to Terminal Island, California, for deportation to Japan.

For more information, see "Confinement in the Land of Enchantment: Japanese Americans in New Mexico during WWII." This marker was funded in part by a grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.
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HM NumberHM2AIJ
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Year Placed2017
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Date Added Friday, August 17th, 2018 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13S E 450957 N 3706564
Decimal Degrees33.49748333, -105.52796667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 29.849', W 105° 31.678'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 29' 50.94" N, 105° 31' 40.68" W
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Area Code(s)505
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 106 Black Jack Pershing Rd, Fort Stanton NM 88323, US
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