Hunt Relocation Camp Oral History Project

After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States entered World War II. President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 allowing the internment of Japanese and Japanese-American in camps across the nation, displacing about 120,000 people. Hunt Relocation Camp, also known as Minidoka Internment Camp, contained about 7,000 people from primarily Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The camp was located 17 miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho.

In 1984, Judith Austin and Jonathan Hughes conducted four interviews about Hunt Relocation Camp.  This camp is located 17 miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. The narrators interviewed include War Relocation Authority personnel, a Japanese-American brought from Seattle to stay at Hunt Relocation Camp, and two Caucasian teachers who taught at the Hunt school. These narrators tell stories of their experiences during World War II and about their lasting impressions of the camp.

The following interviews were included in the project:

• OH 1068     McLaughlin, Victor
• OH 1069     Takahashi, C. T.
• OH 1070     Roth, Mary
• OH 1071     Roth, Morris

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