"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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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-7-9)

The day of mass removal: traveling to Manzanar, California, by bus

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-9/

vh Eiko Shibayama Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-14-7)

Leaving home, early impressions of camp

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-14-7/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-54-1)

"Evacuation day": trying to bring in more belongings and supplies

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-54-1/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-184-38)

Memories of leaving home with father on day of mass removal

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-38/

vh Frank Kitamoto Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-35-10)

Hearing stories of people's experiences: a pet dog left behind

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-35-10/

vh May K. Sasaki Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-79-13)

A child's "evacuation day" memories: armed soldiers

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-79-13/

vh June Takahashi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-88-16)

Memories of "evacuating" from Petersburg, Alaska

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-16/

vh Rae Takekawa Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-89-19)

Removal from Bellevue, Washington: remembering who came to see them off at the train station

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-89-19/

vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-139-29)

Impact of mass removal on the Wapato Japanese community; a sergeant in charge of removal expresses sympathy, but "it was his job"

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-139-29/

img Mother with children on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-181)

Shigeko Kitamoto with her children (L to R) Jane, Frances, and Frank Kitamoto.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-181/

img Mass removal from Bainbridge Island, Washington (ddr-densho-34-2)

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-2/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-144)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children, Jane, Frances and Frank, wait to board a special ferry to Seattle, Washington. Bainbridge Island, Washington was evacuated on March 30, 1942. It was one of the first communities on the West Coast to be evacuated presumably due to its proximity to the Puget Sound Navy Yards.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-144/

img Family on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-196)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-196/

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

Fumi Hayashida holding her sleeping daughter, Natalie.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-22/

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-26/

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

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-454/

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.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-585/

doc Bainbridge Japanese Witsful and Willing. Aliens Register to Leave Island Monday. (March 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-714)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 25, 1942, p. 10

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-714/

doc Calif. Japanese Removal Begins (April 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-736)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 1, 1942, p. 30

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-736/

doc Mass Japanese Removal Begun (August 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-832)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 9, 1942, p. 32

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-832/

doc First Tacoma Japs Leave for South (May 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-800)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 18, 1942, p. 1

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-800/

doc Mass removal instructions document from page of scrapbook (ddr-densho-72-40)

Mass removal instructions by the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. From page of "Scrapbook: 1943-45."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-72-40/

doc Personal identification tag (ddr-densho-287-1)

Tag worn by Molly Kageyama Maeda during mass removal from Hood River, Oregon to Portland Assembly Center.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-1/

img Nisei boy sitting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-265)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Young high school boy of Japanese ancestry at Wartime Civil Control Administration station awaiting evacuation bus. He is a member of the first contingent of over 600 persons to be evacuated from San Francisco.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-265/

img Baggage on sidewalk (ddr-densho-151-268)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Bed roll and baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry awaiting shipment from the Wartime Civil Control Administration station to an assembly center.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-268/