"Evacuation Day"

On the appointed "evacuation day," thousands of Japanese Americans gathered at designated locations, with the numbered identification tags they had been issued tied to their coats. Watched by curious onlookers, they were met by armed soldiers and transported in buses, private cars, and trains to sixteen temporary "assembly centers" in California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona.

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img Saying goodbye to dog during mass removal (ddr-densho-34-53)

Mr. and Mrs. Moji (inside truck) with their dog King. The Mojis had to leave King behind during mass removal since pets were not allowed in the concentration camps.

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doc Photo and article from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-348)

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-24)

Mr. and Mrs. Moji (inside truck) and their dog, King. Japanese Americans were not allowed to take family pets with them to camp and, if they were lucky, left the animals with friends or neighbors. King was very devoted to the Mojis, as this photo indicates. Apparently, the husky bared his fangs at soldiers who tried …

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-21)

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-16)

Sumiko Furuta of Bainbridge Island, Washington, on a special ferry to Seattle. From Seattle, she will board a train headed for Manzanar Assembly Center, California.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-23)

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-22)

Fumi Hayashida holding her sleeping daughter, Natalie.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-19)

Yoshie Terayama (left) and Ritsuko Terayama (middle) with a friend from school. Original museum cataloging information: Japanese-American women with Caucasian woman at assembly point.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-20)

Japanese Americans walk down the Eagledale ferry dock to catch a special ferry to Seattle.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-26)

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-25)

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img Child waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-37-436)

Original WRA caption: A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942.

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img Military zone sign (ddr-densho-37-454)

Original WRA caption: Lancaster, California. Sign on main street designating military zone.

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img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the park in the center of town ready to be trucked to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this district will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-37-585)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancesty wait for the bus which will take them to the Salinas Assembly center. They will later be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center.

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doc Last of City's Japs Move Out (May 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-792)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 14, 1942, p. 2

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Army to Take Japanese Off Island Monday. Nipponese to Be Brought Here on Ferryboat, Then Put on Train for Manzanar Concentration Camp. (March 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-728)

doc Army to Take Japanese Off Island Monday. Nipponese to Be Brought Here on Ferryboat, Then Put on Train for Manzanar Concentration Camp. (March 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-728)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 29, 1942, p. 3

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