Preparation

On March 2, 1942, Public Proclamation No. 1 began to appear on telephone poles and buildings. This was the first official notice Japanese Americans had of their immediate removal from the West Coast. The notices stated that they had six or seven days to prepare, and were to take only what they could carry. They were not told where they would be taken. People rushed to sell or store, in one week, property and belongings acquired over a lifetime. Some families tucked their valuables away in their attic or basement and locked the door, hoping to return soon.

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doc Letter from Harry Kondo to T. Sugimoto (ddr-ajah-7-11)

Informing him that his baggage had to be paid in advance for shipping and that the JACL had paid the shipping costs to Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-11/

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 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)

Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-451/

doc Escrow instructions for sale of Cut-Rate Shoe Repair Shop (ddr-densho-292-11)

Torakichi Nishioka sold his show repair shop in Oakland, California to Nellie M. Ordish. This document outlines the escrow of the sale.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292-11/

img Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)

Printed on photo front: Japanese Methodist Church "Last Issei Services" Alameda, California, February 15, 1942. Caption below photo: On February 15, 1942, the JME church held a farewell service conducted by Rev. Shigeo Shimada and attended by 120 members and friends, many of whom stepped forward for baptism. Dr. J.B. Cobb and his wife, former missionaries …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-57/

doc 300 Japanese Must Evacuate Alameda Tuesday (ddr-ajah-4-58)

Document with photos, clippings and transcriptions of newspaper articles concerning the forced evacuation of Alameda

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-58/

doc Questions and answers for Evacuees (ddr-densho-410-53)

Booklet issued by WRA for Evacuees in preparation for relocation to camps. Front, inside pages, outside pages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-53/

doc Instructions for Preparation of WCCA-Form S-3 (Rev.) (ddr-densho-549-3)

Instructions for Civil Control Stations facilitating the mass removal for Japanese Americans, including social data registration paperwork.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-549-3/

doc "Education of a Bureaucrat" - Chapter Five: Moving People Around (ddr-densho-122-288)

Unpublished memoir by Laurence Hewes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-288/

img Dye works closing sale (ddr-densho-37-655)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-655/

doc The Relocation Program: A Guidebook for the Residents of Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-356-945)

Policy guidebook for residents of War Relocation Authority camps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-945/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Sonoko Riusaki (ddr-densho-356-281)

Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from her sister Sonoko Domoto Riusaki in which she provides advice for preparing for forced removal and what to prepare for live in the Assembly Centers. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-281/

doc accounting notes on evacuation/resettlement (ddr-densho-356-714)

Personal accounting ledger for July 1941-December 1943, including details about preparing for evacuation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-714/

doc Two letters to Yuri from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-285)

Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru "Min" Yonekura. Both letters stored in one envelope, unclear if they were mailed together or separately. Letter 5/11: describes forced removal, details items needed in assembly center to make barracks feel homey, food quality in the assembly center and general life there. Letter 2: discusses plans to move …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-285/

doc Letter to Kaneji Domoto from Ruidge Shima (ddr-densho-329-1037)

Concerning trying to move out of the exclusion zone, and curfew restrictions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1037/

doc Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)

Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-950/

img Closed Japanese American store (ddr-densho-37-444)

Original WRA caption: Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. K. Tseri closed their drugstore in preparation for the forthcoming evacuation from their "Little Tokyo" in Los Angeles.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-444/

doc Civilian Exclusion Order No. 51 (ddr-densho-356-737)

Pamphlet of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 51, includes a map of the prohibited area in California that was being evacuated on May 13, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-737/

vh Louise Kashino Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-31-12)

Leaving Seattle: packing extra food just in case; first impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-12/

vh Louise Kashino Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-31-11)

Preparing for mass removal: losing the family business

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-11/

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-123-9)

Preparing for mass removal: fortunate to find people to take care of home and belongings

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123-9/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-184-35)

Fiance travels to Tacoma, fearful that families would be sent to different concentration camps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-35/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-184-36)

Getting married to avoid separation during mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-36/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-184-37)

Preparing for mass removal: disposing of belongings

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-37/

vh Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-485-5)

Memories of preparing for mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-485-5/