Pearl Harbor and aftermath

The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, stunned the Japanese American community as much as the rest of the country. Many Issei (first generation) had been receiving news from their families in Japan and were aware of the growing tension between the two countries, but few thought that Japan would provoke the United States into war. Japanese Americans would again be shocked when immediately following the bombing, the FBI began going door to door making arrests. Any issei who was at all prominent was considered a potential spy, including Japanese association officers, language-school principals, and Buddhist priests. Without any meaningful due process, these men -- mostly heads of families -- were summarily separated from their wives and children and incarcerated.

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doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Fumi Matsumoto (ddr-ajah-7-92)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-92/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Walter Inami Tamura (ddr-ajah-7-130)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-130/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kin Kanagaki (ddr-ajah-7-70)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-70/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Yasuto Kato (ddr-ajah-7-72)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-72/

doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-17)

Fourth Presbyterian Committee voted unanimously to allow Japanese Church of Christ to meet in the John Timothy Stone Chapel at the Fourth Presbyterian Church every Sunday from 2-3:30 pm starting May 23. Committee's recommendation will go to the church session on May 20, 1942, for action. Muldur invites Tsai to attend with another church leader. Fourth …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-17/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-14)

ACS thanks AWP for concern and use of CTS chapel. ACS will return to lead the church, but CTS chapel is not suitable for congregation's use due to economic difficulties. (Note: ACS and Ryo Morikawa married in the Hilton Chapel, 24 Dec 1942)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-14/

doc Advance Congregational Christian Journal: As American as Hot Dogs and Coca-Cola (ddr-densho-446-393)

Article by Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai on what it means to be a "minority" American and influence of faith

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-393/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-13)

Church of Christ (Japanese) services were discontinued after Pearl Harbor in Dec 1941. But, Police Commissioner Allman does not object to the Japanese church resuming services in Japanese. But AWP is concerned about congregants meeting in unfamiliar locations. AWP offers CTS Hilton Chapel for services until 1 July 1942 w/o charge for religious not political purposes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-13/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-16)

John Mulder (JM), Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chair of Session Committee, received AWP's request for the Japanese church to meet at 4th Presbyterian Church and requests a meeting with ACS to discuss the matter in person.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-16/

doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)

Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-97/

doc Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)

Typed draft of poem based on Ishikawa's childhood and experiences in World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-155/

doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-455/

doc Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)

Autobiography: Ryo's parents, Life in San Diego, 11 months in Japan, Evacuation, Married Life

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-349/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-15)

Letter of apology and reaffirmation of friendship after an apparent conflict between ACS and RC. RC urges ACS to practice self-preservation while U.S. and Japan are at war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-15/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to US District Attorney Woll (ddr-densho-446-21)

Notification that the Japanese Church of Christ will start meeting again on May 24, 1942. Palmer identifies and vouches for ACS as pastor. Palmer requests that Woll notify FBI.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-21/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-20)

Confirmation that Japanese Church of Christ will meet at Fourth Presbyterian Church from 2-3:15 pm starting 24 May 1942 in John Timothy Stone Chapel. Six conditions stated. Questions about Sunday School and Bible Study will be discussed in the future.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-20/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Commissioner Allman (ddr-densho-446-22)

Notification that the Japanese Church of Christ will start meeting again on May 24, 1942. Palmer identifies and vouches for ACS as pastor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-22/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to John Mulder (ddr-densho-446-18)

ACS thanks JM for his kindness and requests to attend the Wednesday meeting at Fourth Presbyterian Church

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-18/

doc Growing Up in Portland (ddr-densho-496-1)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his childhood and upbringing in Portland leading up to evacuation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-1/

doc From Internment to Going Off to War, 1942-1943 (ddr-densho-496-5)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his experience in Minidoka and enlisting in the War

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-5/

doc Letter from Harold S. Matthews (ddr-densho-498-45)

Update of notable moments from the past year from Harold S. Matthews. Mention of the beginning of the war between Japan and America, his time in solitary confinement, and time in China.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-45/