Statistics
- Camp opened: September 11, 1942 (first internees arrived)
- Camp closed: October 31, 1945 (last internees left)
- Total number interned: 11,212
- Peak number of internees: 8,316
- Internee deaths at Topaz: 130 by natural causes, 1 killed by gunfire
- Nisei who joined United States Army while interned at Topaz: 451 (80 volunteers, 371 drafted)
- Killed In Action: 15
Read more about this topic: Topaz War Relocation Center
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For nothing political impinges on
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Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed,
Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost.”
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