Preparation

On March 2, 1942, Public Proclamation No. 1 began to appear on telephone poles and buildings. This was the first official notice Japanese Americans had of their immediate removal from the West Coast. The notices stated that they had six or seven days to prepare, and were to take only what they could carry. They were not told where they would be taken. People rushed to sell or store, in one week, property and belongings acquired over a lifetime. Some families tucked their valuables away in their attic or basement and locked the door, hoping to return soon.

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Ayame Tsutakawa Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-95-6)
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Entrusting personal belongings to "friends," and buying pants to wear
Yosh Nakamura Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-385-7)
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Preparing for mass removal: unable to participate in track meet because of travel restriction

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Satoru Ichikawa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-236-11)
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Preparing for mass removal: making provisions for the Buddhist temple
Gene Akutsu Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-1-7)
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Memories of father's arrest by FBI, subsequent detention, family separation, and preparation for removal
Toshi Nagamori Ito Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-309-13)
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Preparing for mass removal

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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-146-11)
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Teaching high school after the outbreak of war, feeling sadness when Japanese American students were taken out of school
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-152-15)
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Some positive memories of supportive Caucasian neighbors in the time leading up to mass removal
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-164-10)
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Destroying Japanese possessions: "We don't want anything that would incriminate us as being Japanese"
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-164-9)
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Memories of the bombing of Pearl Harbor: after attending church, helping father burn possessions related to Japan
Mutsu Homma Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-24-20)
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Loss of privacy and dignity, strangers invite themselves in
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-152-14)
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Family reactions in the months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor; sister hastily getting married
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-152-13)
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Reading of a flyer put out by the Hood River chief of police in the days following the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Rick Sato Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-80-7)
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Preparing for mass removal: packing pots and pans, but no knives
Mutsu Homma Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-24-19)
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Preparing for mass removal: forced to sell belongings, a piano for $25
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