"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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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-37-585)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancesty wait for the bus which will take them to the Salinas Assembly center. They will later be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Japanese Unload at New Home (April 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-780)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 29, 1942, p. 14

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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

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doc Last of County Japs Going Soon (May 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-797)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 15, 1942, p. 12

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doc Last of City's Japs Move Out (May 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-792)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 14, 1942, p. 2

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doc Youngest Evacuee (April 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-779)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 29, 1942, p. 14

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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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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 Mass Japanese Removal Begun (August 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-832)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 9, 1942, p. 32

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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc Still a Melting Pot (April 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-735)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 1, 1942, p. 6

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doc 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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doc Young Evacuee (April 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-746)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 7, 1942, p. 14

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doc 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."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-72-40/

doc 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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doc 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.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-72-16/