Funeral Service, Softball Game and Looking Towards. In 1943 Hoshida was sent to Jerome War Relocation Center in the Arkansas Delta west of the Mississippi River. In 1944 his wife and two children were also transferred to this camp, reuniting the family for the first time in years. In January 1944 Hoshida drew A Corner of Our Apartment and Mama's Daily War Clothes. In June 1944 the Jerome Center was closed. Hoshida and his family were transferred to Gila River War Relocation Center, based on the Gila River Indian Reservation. At the peak nearly 14,000 persons were interned at this center and it was one of the last to be closed. There he drew Looking at Center Picnic and another untitled picture. Release In late 1945 the internment camps were closed, and Hoshida was released and returned to Hawaii with his family. Death Hoshida died in 1985. His family donated 263 of his works to the Japanese American National Museum that had been founded in Los Angeles, California, for public display. They kept works on display at the museum in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. References External links Finding aid to the George Hoshida papers at the Japanese American National Museum. Oral history interview conducted with George Yoshio Hoshida 1907 births 1985 deaths Japanese-American internees American artists of Japanese descent Japanese emigrants to the United States