Manzanar

Concentration Camp

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img Ten-minute rest stop (ddr-densho-253-5)

Caption: "Ten-minute rest stop permitted the Japanese to stretch briefly. Halts were made at two-hour intervals. Some Japanese strolled into sagebrush, others tinkered with motors, smoked, talked."

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img Internees filled mattress tickings (ddr-densho-253-3)

Caption: "Internees filled matress tickings with straw as the last daylight fades over the Sierras. Upon these ticks, covering metal Army cots, Japanese slept. Only essential furniture was supplied. Additional comforts were fashioned in Manzanar workshops."

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img Journey's end (ddr-densho-253-2)

Caption: "Journey's end is Manzanar, attained by the desert-dusty convoy as the long shade of the Sierras reaches across Owens Valley from the west."

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img Convoy to Manzanar (ddr-densho-253-4)

Caption: "A car loaded with furniture and luggage on the road to Manzanar."

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img Across the Mojave Desert (ddr-densho-253-7)

Caption: "Across the Mojave Desert the four-mile-long convoy cut northward, following the arrow-straight flight of the Sierra Highway to the cool, snow-topped mountains. Pacing the procession at 30 m.p.h. was a jeep with red headlights. Behind it rolled a staff sedan carrying the provost marshal in command of the convoy. Behind that follows a press car. …

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img Military police monitoring a convoy (ddr-densho-253-1)

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img Dinner was served (ddr-densho-253-6)

Caption: "Dinner was served - and consumed standing up owing to lack of tables and chairs. Camp steward Arthur Hirano, former New York restauranteur. His first menu consisted of beef stew, steamed rice, string beans, peas, apricots, bread and jelly. His customers were appreciative."

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img Manzanar entrance (ddr-densho-430-152)

Photograph of the entrance to Manzanar

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img Manzanar plaque (ddr-densho-430-151)

Photograph of a plaque about Manzanar

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doc Manzanar presentation research binder (ddr-densho-450-1)

A binder of documents related to a presentation given by Joh Sekiguchi in 1994. Contains copies of the Inyo Museums News Bulletin, maps of Manzanar, and other research.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-450-1/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-40)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her eye surgery, upcoming wedding, an influx of people from Manzanar, updates on family, and more.

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doc Army Controls Jap-Riot Camp (December 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-865)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 8, 1942, p. 10

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doc Interned Japs Peril Water -- L.A. Mayor Fears (June 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-933)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 16, 1943, p. 11

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doc Letter from Tokie Slocum (ddr-densho-67-41)

Letter from Tokie Slocum, Ex-Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, to Major Riorand regarding riots in Manzanar concentration camp, urging for the removal of "seditious" persons of Japanese ancestry from Manzanar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-41/

doc Two memos regarding Manzanar concentration camp, California (ddr-densho-67-14)

The subject of these memos is the identification of suspected pro-Japanese individuals.

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doc National Emergency Conference report (ddr-densho-67-15)

Japanese American Citizens League report from a conference addressing internal security in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Report warns of internal strife, danger of pro-Japan groups, reports on judicial system, fire and police protection, and illicit activities. Includes an account of an attack on a Japanese American camp police officer, and description of "gangs" within camp.

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doc "Murder in Camp Manzanar" (ddr-densho-67-18)

Document written by J.Y. Kurihara. Account of incident in which Harry Ueno, a kitchen worker, was accused of assaulting Fred Tayama, JACL member and accused "informant." Kitchen Workers Union members and Manzanar residents went to administration to demand the release from jail of Ueno and soldiers fired on crowd, killing one person. Members of the Kitchen …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-18/

doc Troops Fire on Interned Japs; 1 Dead, 9 Wounded (December 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-864)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 7, 1942, pp. 1, 4

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img Group photo in camp (ddr-densho-187-19)

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doc Loyal Editor Of Evacuee Paper Seeks Chance (January 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1008)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 2, 1944, p. 2

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doc L. A. Japs Giving Bainbridge Evacuees Cold Shoulder (April 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-747)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 10, 1942, p. 3

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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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-728/