Fukiko Arakawa

Both of Fukiko and her parents were from Japan. She was born in the Central Division, and at the time of her internment only had Alien Registration, and no Social Security number. At home she spoke Japanese, but knew how to read and write in English In 1942, she was a senior at Broadway high school.

After being released from Camp Harmony and Minidoka Internment Camp, she attended Seattle Pacific College . While in Camp, she volunteered at the hospital there, and decided that she wanted to become a nurse after the war. She was only at SPC for a year then transferred to the University of Washington to complete her nursing degree. At SPC, she met Winifred Weter, who gave her a ride to campus every day. Arakawa attended the First Baptist Church and knew BJ Andrews, who attended and graduated from SPC. BJ was the daughter of Reverend Emory Brooks Andrews, a minister at the Japanese Baptist Church . Reverend Andrews made many trips to Camp Harmony and Minidoka to help them by conveying messages, delivering things, and assisted in getting them resettled.

Seattle Pacific University Students,
who were interned in 1942