Photograph shows a group of young evacuees receiving instruction in Jiu Jitsui, or Judo wrestling at Portland Assembly Center in Oregon, while the rest of the class looks on. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Jiu Jitsui class,Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "Various forms of wrestling were favorites at the centers. Photo shows a group of young evacuees receiving instruction in Jiu Jitsui, or Judo wrestling at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center, while rest of class look on." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2723-PSF 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Martial arts Men Oriental hand-to-hand fighting Relocation camps Sports Wrestling Forced migration Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War II, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center Portland Assembly Center
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