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Shizuko Fujioka

Era:1940s
State:California
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Shizuko Fujioka

Biography

Shizuko Fujioka, also known as Shiz, was sent with her family to Manzanar during World War II and graduated from Manzanar High School. Her obituary identifies her as née Sakihara and reports her death on June 5, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. Its birth-date header says June 3, 1927 while the body says June 27, 1927; no exact birth day is selected.

Shizuko Fujioka, also known as Shiz, was sent with her family to Manzanar during World War II and graduated from Manzanar High School. Her obituary identifies her as née Sakihara and reports her death on June 5, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. Its birth-date header says June 3, 1927 while the body says June 27, 1927; no exact birth day is selected. Actual camp confinement explicitly identified by the source; individual admission, release and total duration remain unknown. Source names Manzanar, California.

Pacific Citizen, September 10–23, 2021, PDF page 11.

Case

Charges: Wartime mass removal and confinement of Japanese Americans on racial grounds; no criminal conviction established by this source.
Sentence: Actual camp confinement explicitly identified by the source; individual admission, release and total duration remain unknown. Source names Manzanar, California.