Honouliuli Internment Camp
| Honouliuli Internment Camp | |
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 Location of Honouliuli Internment Camp in Hawaii
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| Coordinates | 21°23′30″N 158°3′35″W / 21.39167°N 158.05972°WCoordinates: 21°23′30″N 158°3′35″W / 21.39167°N 158.05972°W |
| Area | 122.5 acres (49.6 ha) |
| Built | 1943 |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Honouliuli National Monument |
| Official name: Honouliuli National Monument | |
| Designated | February 19, 2015 |
| Official name: Honouliuli Internment Camp | |
| Designated | February 21, 2012 |
| Reference no. | 09000855 |
The Honouliuli Internment Camp, Hawaiʻi's largest and longest-operating internment camp, opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. Located near Waipahu on the island of Oʻahu, the site was designated Honouliuli National Monument by Presidential Proclamation on February 24, 2015 by President Barack Obama. The internment camp held 320 internees and also became the largest prisoner of war camp in Hawai‘i with nearly 4,000 individuals being held. Of the seventeen sites that were associated with the history of internment in Hawaiʻi during World War II, the camp was the only one built specifically for prolonged detention. As of 2015[update], the new national monument is without formal services and programs.
Run by the U.S. Army, the camp's supervisor was Captain Siegfried Spillner. The camp was constructed on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land near Ewa and Waipahu on the island of Oahu to hold internees transferred from the soon-to-close Sand Island camp. It opened in March 1943. An 8-foot (2.4 m) dual barbed-wire fence enclosed the camp, and a company of military police stood guard from its eight watchtowers. Of the seventeen sites that were associated with the history of internment in Hawaiʻi during World War II, the camp was the only one built specifically for prolonged detention. The isolated location in a deep gulch led Japanese American internees to nickname it jigoku dani (地獄谷?, "hell valley").
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