The journey

img Japanese American family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-156)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-209)

Original caption: Centerville, California. the bus has just arrived and these farm families of Japanese ancestry are being kept intact enroute to the Assembly center.

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img Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-161)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.

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img Issei woman crying as she boards train (ddr-densho-151-293)

Original caption: Woodland, California. Women at railroad station on morning of departure of persons of Japanese ancestry from this agricultural community to the Merced Assembly center. The woman in the dark slack suit is one of the few exhibiting grief on leaving.

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img Government workers on train platform (ddr-densho-151-303)

Original caption: Woodland, California. This staff of Wartime Civil Control Administration workers have completed their job and stand on the platform awaiting the departure of the special train which has been loaded with evacuees of Japanese ancestry bound for the Merced Assembly center, 125 miles away.

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img Japanese Americans boarding train (ddr-densho-151-295)

Original caption: Woodland, Yolo County, California. The train is about to depart which will take these evacuees of Japanese ancestry, from this rich agricultural district, to the Merced Assembly center about 125 miles away. Many leave close friends behind.

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img Japanese Americans saying goodbye from train (ddr-densho-151-297)

Original caption: Woodland, California. Ten cars of evacuees of Japanese ancestry are now aboard and the doors are closed. Their Caucasian friends and the staff of the Wartime Civil Control Administration stations are watching the departure from the platform. Evacuees are leaving their homes and ranches, in a rich agricultural district, bound for Merced Assembly center, …

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img Young Japanese American during mass removal (ddr-densho-151-40)

Original WRA caption: Hayward, California. A young evacuee looks out the window of the evacuation bus before it starts for Tanforan Assembly Center. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Unloading baggage from truck (ddr-densho-151-458)

Original caption: Stockton, California. The first day at an assembly center. A new unit of the barracks is being opened today for the eight busloads of arrivals. This photo shows the luggage and bed-rolls which have come in by truck, deposited here for inspection for contraband. Evacuees then take their possessions to the barracks to which …

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Shin Tanaka (ddr-densho-498-43)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Shin Tanaka telling him about the journey from Tanforan Assembly Center to Topaz Relocation Center

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka (ddr-densho-498-46)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka detailing the journey from Tanforan Assembly Center to Topaz Relocation Center.

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doc My personal Thoughts on the Re-evacuation from Tanforan to Topaz (ddr-densho-498-50)

Thoughts on re-evacuation and the journey from Tanforan to Topaz

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vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-184-40)

Traveling to assembly center: confusion upon finding out final destination was in California

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vh Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-485-6)

The train ride to camp

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 60 (ddr-densho-1000-135-60)

Memories of the day of mass removal, the bus ride to the Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Toru Sakahara - Kiyo Sakahara Interview I Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-76-35)

Trip to Puyallup Assembly Center: arranging own transportation

This interview was conducted over two days at the Sakaharas' home.

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vh Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-68-17)

The train ride into the desert: traveling to Manzanar concentration camp

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-494-10)

Memories of the train ride to the Pinedale Assembly Center

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vh Marjorie Matsushita Sperling Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-273-15)

The journey to the Portland Livestock Center

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-12-36)

The trip to Pinedale Assembly Center, California: a quiet and depressing train ride

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vh Ted Kitayama Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-334-12)

The train ride to camp

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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