"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 Family on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-149)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children say goodbye to friends on the day of exclusion from their home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Front, left to right: Ilohio Narte (kneeling) holding Frank Kitamoto. Back, left to right: An unidentified man holding Jane Kitamoto, Lilly Kitamoto, Shigeko Kitamoto, Frances Kitamoto and Felix Narte. The Nartes had worked for Mrs. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-149/

img Loading trucks for mass removal (ddr-densho-34-169)

A Japanese American family is loaded with their belongings onto the back of an army truck for transport to the Eagledale ferry dock for exclusion from Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-169/

img Army trucks preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-34-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-55/

img Loading trucks for mass removal (ddr-densho-34-167)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-167/

img Family on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-196)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-196/

img Mass removal from Bainbridge Island, Washington (ddr-densho-34-2)

Japanese Americans walk down the Eagledale ferry dock to catch a special ferry to Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-2/

img Soldier carrying Japanese American girl (ddr-densho-34-150)

Frances Kitamoto is held by a U.S. army soldier during the exclusion of the Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-150/

img Issei couple leaving their home (ddr-densho-34-66)

Mr. & Mrs. Moji on "evacuation day"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-66/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-175)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-175/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-193)

Army trucks were used to transport the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island to the Eagledale ferry dock where they were taken to the mainland for exclusion.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-193/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-144)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children, Jane, Frances and Frank, wait to board a special ferry to Seattle, Washington. Bainbridge Island, Washington was evacuated on March 30, 1942. It was one of the first communities on the West Coast to be evacuated presumably due to its proximity to the Puget Sound Navy Yards.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-144/

img Children waving goodbye (ddr-densho-34-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-4/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-147)

These Japanese Americans are waiting for army trucks to take them to the Eagledale ferry dock on Bainbridge Island, Washington. From there, a special ferry will take them to Seattle, where they will be transferred to a train bound for the Manzanar concentration camp in California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-147/

img Young boy and soldier (ddr-densho-34-179)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-179/

img Loading trucks for mass removal (?) (ddr-densho-34-173)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-173/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-178)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-178/

img Saying goodbye to dog during mass removal (ddr-densho-34-53)

Mr. and Mrs. Moji (inside truck) with their dog King. The Mojis had to leave King behind during mass removal since pets were not allowed in the concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-53/

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/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-22)

Fumi Hayashida holding her sleeping daughter, Natalie.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-22/

doc Selections from interview with Sachi Fudenna with photos (ddr-ajah-2-842)

Document titles: Sachi Fudenna Recalls the Washington Township and Tanforan during World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-842/

Photo of members of the Otsu and Ushijima families with text of Dorothea Lange's work documenting Evacuation Day in Centerville, California (ddr-ajah-2-840)

img Photo of members of the Otsu and Ushijima families with text of Dorothea Lange's work documenting Evacuation Day in Centerville, California (ddr-ajah-2-840)

Image titled: Reconstructing Dorothea Lange, the JACL and the Japanese in Centerville

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-840/

img Composite of several Dorothea Lange photos of evacuation day in Centerville (ddr-ajah-2-839)

Image titled: Reconstructing Dorothea Lange in Centerville

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-839/

img Two copies of photo of group waiting evacuation in Centerville, one with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-2-841)

Image titled: Reconstructing Dorothea Lange in Centerville

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-841/

doc Transcript of Toru Miyoshi Oral History (ddr-densho-480-173)

Toru Miyoshi details his family's immigration to the United States, growing up in California, his experience at the Gila River Concentration Camp, and his public service as an elected official.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-173/