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arizona during world war ii wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 latinos 2 casualties 3 incarceration camps 4 prisoner of war camps 5 gallery 6 see also 7 further reading 8 references 9 external links toggle the table of contents arizona during world war ii 3 languages العربية français русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia arizona during world war ii first lady eleanor roosevelt and dillon s myer visit the gila river war relocation center april 23 1943 date 1940 1945 location arizona united states casualties 2 349 machita incident october 16 1940 thanksgiving day phoenix massacre november 27 1942 great papago escape december 23 1944 the history of arizona during world war ii begins in 1940 when the united states government began constructing military bases within the state in preparation for war arizona s contribution to the allied war effort was significant both in terms of manpower and facilities supported in the state prisoner of war camps were operated at camp florence and papago park also two incarceration camps the gila river war relocation center and the poston war relocation center housed japanese american citizens and japanese immigrants who had been forcibly removed from the west coast part of a series on the history of arizona periods pre columbian before 1539 territorial 1853 1912 statehood 1912 1944 1945 present timeline topics economics law politics society places cities flagstaff mesa phoenix tucson counties arizona portal v t e the war years provided great economic stimulus both because of the numbers of troops at camps in the state and increase in demand and the expansion of wartime demand for such materials as copper and other metals industries expanded adding to the state s recovery from the great depression latinos edit during the war mexican american community organizations promoted efforts to support american troops abroad they worked both to support the war effort materially and to provide moral support for young american men fighting the war especially their young mexican american men from local communities some community projects were cooperative between anglo and hispanic communities but most were localized within the mexican american community 1 mexican american women also organized to assist their servicemen and the war effort an underlying goal of tucson s spanish american mothers and wives association was the reinforcement of the woman s role in spanish mexican culture members raised thousands of dollars wrote letters and joined in numerous celebrations of their culture and their support for mexican american servicemen membership reached more than 300 during the war the organization stopped operating in 1976 2 casualties edit army and air forces 3 county killed in action kia died of wounds dow died of injuries doi died non battle dnb finding of death fod missing in action mia total apache 27 3 20 1 51 cochise 68 8 24 10 1 111 coconino 31 14 4 49 gila 47 12 21 7 87 graham 31 4 12 1 1 49 greenlee 18 4 6 2 1 31 maricopa 277 35 161 40 1 514 mohave 9 2 9 2 22 navajo 36 5 17 6 64 pima 145 13 1 67 12 1 239 pinal 66 15 32 2 115 santa cruz 28 1 13 1 43 yavapai 47 4 22 7 80 yuma 55 6 1 13 5 80 state at large 31 3 33 8 3 78 total 916 115 2 464 108 8 1613 navy marine corps and coast guard 4 type total killed in action kia 27 killed in prison camps 11 missing in action mia 17 wounded in action wia 41 released from prison camps 17 total 113 incarceration camps edit see also internment of japanese americans and executive order 9066 during world war ii the united states government wrongfully removed and incarcerated approximately 120 000 japanese americans and japanese immigrants sending them first to temporary assembly centers and then to inland concentration camps 5 arizona was home to an assembly center in mayer arizona and one in poston called the parker dam reception center and two incarceration camps the gila river war relocation center and poston war relocation center which together held approximately 24 000 men women and children 6 the state was also home to the leupp isolation center which held troublemakers from other incarceration camps 7 and the catalina federal honor camp renamed as the gordon hirabayashi campground in 1999 which held draft resisters and conscientious objectors 8 prisoner of war camps edit see also list of world war ii prisoner of war camps in the united states arizona s camp florence on the florence military reservation was the first permanent alien enemy camp constructed during world war ii construction began during 1942 to house 3000 internees with room to expand to 6000 the initial construction budget was 4 8 million the united states did not detain numerous enemy aliens here so the army used camp florence as a pow camp 9 gallery edit eight arizonans were killed aboard uss arizona during the attack on pearl harbor 10 the entrance to williams field in 1942 two at 6 texans in flight near luke field in 1943 ira hayes pima seen here preparing to parachute out of an aircraft in 1943 was from sacaton he fought in many engagements in the south pacific before becoming famous for raising the american flag on mount suribachi during the battle of iwo jima italian prisoners of war work on the arizona canal in 1943 b 25 mitchell crewmen at douglas army airfield in 1944 skeet shooting at kingman field in 1944 the hirano family ethnic japanese removed from california were among thousands interned at the poston war relocation center from 1942 to 1945 the bushmasters during the philippines campaign in 1945 gila river relocation center rivers arizona butte camp view gila river relocation center rivers arizona a general view in the recreation hall of a group of evacuees playing go see also edit american theater world war ii battle of ambos nogales bisbee riot fort lawton riot military history of the united states during world war ii nevada during world war ii new mexico during world war ii arizona world war ii army airfields further reading edit densho org a nonprofit organization that documents the stories of japanese americans who were unjustly incarcerated during world war ii references edit christine marín mexican americans on the home front community organizations in arizona during world war ii perspectives in mexican american studies 1993 4 75 92 julie a campbell madres y esposas tucson s spanish american mothers and wives association journal of arizona history 1990 31 2 pp 161 182 wwii army casualties arizona retrieved september 26 2012 wwii casualties arizona retrieved september 26 2012 introduction to wwii incarceration densho japanese american incarceration and japanese internment 2024 https densho org learn introduction accessed 12 may 2025 bassler hunter remembering arizona s role in the wwii mass incarceration of japanese americans 80 years later 12news com 24 feb 2022 www 12news com article news history arizona japanese americans incarceration camp world war wwii 80 years 75 19e109cd 603a 4a15 b45c cac2e390ca86 accessed 12 may 2025 flanders christian japanese interment in camp leupp intermountain histories intermountain histories charles redd center for western studies at byu 2017 www intermountainhistories org items show 52 accessed 12 may 2025 gordon hirabayashi campground pima county public library 2016 www library pima gov content gordon hirabayashi campground accessed 12 may 2025 george g lewis john mehwa 1982 history of prisoner of war utilization by the united states army 1776 1945 pdf center of military history united states army archived from the original pdf on january 27 2021 retrieved 16 august 2020 melton brad dean smith arizona goes to war the home front and the front lines during world war ii university of arizona press isbn 978 0816521906 external links edit media related to arizona during world war ii at wikimedia commons v t e arizona during world war ii people john brown jr thomas claw jack fujimoto harry k fukuhara ira hayes satoshi hirayama gordon hirabayashi philip johnston robert taylor jones allen dale june nobe kawano yosh kawano john f kennedy yuriko kikuchi peter macdonald doris matsui pat morita joe morris sr michi nishiura isamu noguchi vincent okamoto ken ota miye ota kazuo otani sidney preston osborn roy i sano hideo sasaki reiko sato shinkichi tajiri miiko taka nao takasugi ronald phillip tanaka a wallace tashima hisako terasaki paul terasaki jürgen wattenberg hisaye yamamoto wakako yamauchi kenichi zenimura airfields ajo army airfield coolidge army airfield dateland army airfield davis monthan army airfield douglas army airfield ernest a love field falcon army airfield gila bend army airfield hereford army airfield kingman army airfield laguna army airfield luke army airfield marana army airfield ryan army airfield sahuarita flight strip thunderbird field no 1 thunderbird field no 2 williams army airfield yucca army airfield yuma army airfield ground training and storage camp bouse camp horn camp hyder camp laguna desert training center gila bend gunnery range fort huachuca navajo ordnance depot sahuarita bombing gunnery range yuma proving ground internment camps catalina honor camp gila river war relocation center leupp isolation center mayer assembly center parker dam reception center poston war relocation center prisoner of war camps camp continental camp florence camp pima camp papago park see also american theater arizona world war ii army airfields bushmasters castle hot springs great papago escape machita incident nevada during world war ii new mexico during world war ii phoenix massacre thunder birds uss arizona v t e united states in world war ii home front american music during world war ii united states aircraft production during world war ii arizona during world war ii nevada during world war ii new mexico during world war ii greatest generation schools at war internment of german americans internment of italian americans internment of japanese americans american women women airforce service pilots women s army corps woman s land army of america rosie the riveter minorities hispanic americans in world war ii native americans and world war ii puerto ricans in world war ii military participation army uniforms army air force marine corps navy service medals 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volcanic field sonoran desert southern arizona traditional arizona transition zone verde valley white mountains counties apache cochise coconino gila graham greenlee la paz maricopa mohave navajo pima pinal santa cruz yavapai yuma cities with a population of 50 000 or over avondale buckeye bullhead city casa grande chandler flagstaff gilbert glendale goodyear kingman lake havasu city mesa peoria phoenix prescott scottsdale surprise sierra vista tempe tucson yuma history arizona territory aztec land cattle company battle of ambos nogales hualapai war mohave war pah ute county sheep wars sitgreaves expedition territorial evolution timeline mesa phoenix tucson world war ii women s suffrage portal retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title arizona_during_world_war_ii oldid 1360472345 categories 1940s in arizona history of arizona military history of arizona united states in world war ii by state or territory economy of arizona wars fought in arizona hidden categories articles 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