What camp, started by the United States War Department was used as a military training facility and a detention for American citizens of Japanese descent located in New York?
Camp Upton Camp Upton was an installation of the United States Army during World War I. During World War II it was used to incarcerate American citizens of Japanese descent. It was located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was located near Camp Mills.
USAT Cuba USAT "Cuba" was a US army transport ship during World War II. She spent the majority of the war on trips between North, Latin and South America, transporting citizens of Axis nations to the United States for internment. One such trip in 1944 saw the transport of 540 German and Japanese internees.