"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 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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

vh Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-240-15)

Memories of the day of mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-240-15/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-184-39)

"Evacuation Day": boarding the train

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-39/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-184-38)

Memories of leaving home with father on day of mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-38/

vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-326-5)

Traveling to Tanforan Assembly Center by bus

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-326-5/

vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-483-7)

Hearing the family's stories of the day of mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-483-7/

vh Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-434-14)

The day of mass removal: driven to pick up location by a family friend

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-434-14/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 60 (ddr-densho-1000-135-60)

Memories of the day of mass removal, the bus ride to the Puyallup Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-135-60/

vh June Takahashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-88-17)

Leaving Petersburg, Alaska: realizing no one was going to question the orders

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-17/

vh June Takahashi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-88-16)

Memories of "evacuating" from Petersburg, Alaska

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-16/

vh Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-68-16)

"Evacuation day," leaving Bainbridge Island, Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-68-16/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-152-16)

Memories of mass removal as a child: just happy that the family was allowed to stay together

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-152-16/

vh Rick Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-80-8)

Mass removal: "You don't know where you're going..."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-8/

vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-164-14)

The day of mass removal, receiving aid from a Jewish man

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-14/

vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-164-15)

Memories of mass removal: "Gee, where's my rights? What's happening to me?"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-15/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview III Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-52-11)

Feeling herded like cattle on the day of mass removal, first impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-52-11/

vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-171-14)

Removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-171-14/

vh Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-12-35)

Removal from Bellevue, Washington: arranging own transportation to the train station

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-12-35/