"Evacuation Day"
On the appointed "evacuation day," thousands of Japanese Americans gathered at designated locations, with the numbered identification tags they had been issued tied to their coats. Watched by curious onlookers, they were met by armed soldiers and transported in buses, private cars, and trains to sixteen temporary "assembly centers" in California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona.
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King County Jap Farmers Ordered Out (May 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-785)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 5, 1942, pp. 1, 2
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Tears, Smiles Mingle as Japs Bid Bainbridge Farewell (March 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-730)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 30, 1942, pp. 1, 2
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Calif. Japanese Removal Begins (April 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-736)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 1, 1942, p. 30
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Mass Japanese Removal Begun (August 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-832)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 9, 1942, p. 32
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Last of California Japs to Be Moved (July 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-827)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 30, 1942, p. 13
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Bainbridge Japanese Witsful and Willing. Aliens Register to Leave Island Monday. (March 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-714)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 25, 1942, p. 10
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Exiles Load Luggage for Trip to Puyallup. City's Jap Evacuees Start 'Housekeeping' in Puyallup (April 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-777)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 28, 1942, p. 5
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Exodus of L.A. Japanese Begins (March 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-701)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 22, 1942, p. 3
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Moving 5,000 S.F. Japs Begins (April 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-745)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 6, 1942, p. 2
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4,100 Japs Ordered From Los Angeles (May 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-806)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 22, 1942, p. 7
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First Tacoma Japs Leave for South (May 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-800)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 18, 1942, p. 1
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Japs Evacuated, Bainbridge Life Eases Back to Normalcy (March 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-733)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 31, 1942, p. 4
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Japs Must Leave City Next Week (April 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-763)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 21, 1942, pp. 1, 4
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Still a Melting Pot (April 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-735)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 1, 1942, p. 6
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Japs Here May Be Sent to Idaho (April 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-769)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 24, 1942, p. 3
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Newspaper clipping of photo of mass removal from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-72-16)
Newspaper photo of Ikeda family preparing for mass removal. Newspaper unknown.
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Two pages of newspaper clippings from scrapbook (ddr-densho-72-15)
Newspaper articles, one of which is titled "Portland to Be First Jap-Free City." Newspaper unknown.
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Mass removal instructions document from page of scrapbook (ddr-densho-72-40)
Mass removal instructions by the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. From page of "Scrapbook: 1943-45."
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Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)
Typed draft of poem based on Ishikawa's childhood and experiences in World War II
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)
Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)
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Japanese Americans waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-105)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. With baggage stacked, residents of Japanese ancestry await bus at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, as part of the first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Japanese Americans waiting for train (ddr-densho-151-290)
Original caption: Woodland, Yolo County, California. Farm family of Japanese ancestry see the train approaching down the track, which will take them to the Merced Assembly center. They hasten together to their respective places as instructed.
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Baggage of Japanese Americans next to bus (ddr-densho-151-165)
Original caption: Hayward, California. Baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry stacked at public park as evacuation bus prepares to leave for Tanforan assembly center. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Two children waiting in line for bus (ddr-densho-151-150)
Original caption: Byron, California. Third generation of American children of Japanese ancestry in crowd awaiting the arrival of the next bus which will take them from their homes to the Assembly center.