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"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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Speech by William Hohri to Northern Illinois Annual Conference (ddr-densho-122-234)
doc Speech by William Hohri to Northern Illinois Annual Conference (ddr-densho-122-234)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-234/
Harry Konda leaving Japanese American Citizens League office (ddr-densho-151-183)
img Harry Konda leaving Japanese American Citizens League office (ddr-densho-151-183)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Harry Konda leaves the quarters of the Japanese American Citizens League of this township for the last time. He is about to board the first bus for the Tanforan Assembly center to which all people of Japanese ancestry of this community are being evacuated on this day. He is wearing his identification …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-183/
Military zone sign (ddr-densho-37-454)
img Military zone sign (ddr-densho-37-454)
Original WRA caption: Lancaster, California. Sign on main street designating military zone.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-454/
Mass removal (ddr-densho-37-585)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-585/
Two letters to Yuri from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-285)
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/
Child waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-37-436)
img Child waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-37-436)
Original WRA caption: A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-436/
Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)
img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the park in the center of town ready to be trucked to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this district will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-586/
Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)
img Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-581/
Yuriko Domoto diary 1942-1944 (ddr-densho-356-705)
doc Yuriko Domoto diary 1942-1944 (ddr-densho-356-705)
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's diary spanning 1942-1944. Pre-printed dates do not line up with the handwritten dates; 1942 is in the months of May, August September, 1943 is in months of January, and 1944 in the months of January, February Omitted the following pre-printed dates as the pages were blank: February 24-May 9; May 14-August 21; August …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-705/
Toshikazu
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/
Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-184-39)
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/
Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-184-38)
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/
Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-326-5)
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/
Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-483-7)
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/
Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-434-14)
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/
Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 60 (ddr-densho-1000-135-60)
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/
June Takahashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-88-17)
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/
June Takahashi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-88-16)
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/
Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-68-16)
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/
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-152-16)
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/
Rick Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-80-8)
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/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-164-14)
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/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-164-15)
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/
Frank Miyamoto Interview III Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-52-11)
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/
May Y. Namba Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-171-14)
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/
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