Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in
World War II Arkansas

Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in World War II Arkansas is a landmarkPhotograph of panels in the exhibit. partnership project between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Japanese American National Museum with generous support from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Life Interrupted examines the experiences of Japanese Americans at Jerome and Rohwer, the two War Relocation Authority camps located within Arkansas. Exhibits hosted at historic sites, cultural centers and public facilities around Little Rock examine the role Japanese Americans played in the military, as well as the civilian experiences of children and adults in the relocation centers.

Three exhibits at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History explore the military experience of Japanese American soldiers during World War II.

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