Puyallup (Camp Harmony)

Temporary Assembly Center

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img Plaque at the Puyallup Assembly Center memorial (ddr-densho-10-167)

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img Japanese Americans walking between barracks (ddr-densho-36-40)

The Puyallup Assembly Center, also known as "Camp Harmony," was on the racetrack of the Puyallup fairgrounds. The center was open from April 28, 1942, through September 23, 1942. Most camp inmates were from Seattle, Washington. This is a view of the barracks that housed them.

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img Group playing Monopoly (ddr-densho-36-38)

Japanese Americans did their best to lead normal lives in the Puyallup Assembly Center. They cultivated gardens, engaged in different types of activities, and played games such as Monopoly.

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img Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-36-34)

The assembly center was composed of blocks, each with its own kitchen and dining area.

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img Group playing Ping-Pong (ddr-densho-36-37)

Japanese Americans made every effort to lead normal lives in the Puyallup Assembly Center. They cultivated gardens, engaged in different types of activities, and played games such as ping-pong.

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img Japanese American gardening (ddr-densho-36-35)

Japanese Americans tried hard to make life at the assembly center bearable. Here, a camp inmate tends to a garden.

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doc Street Names No Problem in this Jap Camp (April 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-752)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 13, 1942, p. 16

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2,000 More Seattle Japanese Ordered Removed This Week. Groups in Yesler District Scheduled for Evacuation Friday and Saturday; Registration Tomorrow and Tuesday. (May 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-783)

doc 2,000 More Seattle Japanese Ordered Removed This Week. Groups in Yesler District Scheduled for Evacuation Friday and Saturday; Registration Tomorrow and Tuesday. (May 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-783)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 3, 1942, pp. 1, 10

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

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

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doc Where Nipponese Will Await Traveling Orders. Puyallup Assembly Center For Japanese Rises Rapidly. (April 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-739)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 2, 1942, p. 20

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doc 'Burma Road' At Puyallup Held Misinterpreted (May 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-801)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 18, 1942, p. 10

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doc Letter from Ishi Morishita to Mrs. Charles Gates (ddr-densho-211-3)

Letter from Ishi Morishita to Mrs. Charles Gates about camp life.

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doc Puyallup Camp Harmony News-Letter Vol. I No. 9 (July 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-194-9)

Selected article titles: "Students Still Await Relocation" (p. 1), "Camp Residents to Receive Gov't Provided Clothing Soon" (p. 1), "Our Paper Famine" (p. 3).

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doc Puyallup Camp Harmony News-Letter Vol. I No. 2 (May 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-194-2)

Selected article titles: "Area Grows..." (p. 3), "Women's Sanitation" (p. 3).

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doc Letter from a Nisei woman to a friend (ddr-densho-186-2)

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-1-4)

Participating in a research study as an observer and participant through the mass removal and assembly center process

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 ...

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-1-5)

Memories of mass removal

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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-24-10)

First impressions of Puyallup Assembly Center: "everything was disorganized"

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vh Victor Ikeda Interview Segment 32 (ddr-manz-1-23-32)

Recreational activities in camp

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vh Kenji J. Yaguchi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-63-8)

First impressions of the Puyallup Assembly 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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