"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 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/

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/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-107-13)

"Evacuation day": "Everyone was dressed in their Sunday best"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-13/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-48-19)

Memories of "evacuation day": "...Just like these movies when they go to jail, it was just like that"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-19/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-257-6)

Memories of "evacuation day"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-6/

vh Martha Nishitani Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-71-14)

Removal from Seattle; "Hundreds of little black heads ... they all looked alike"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-71-14/

vh Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-451-7)

Seeing a teacher on the day of mass removal: "For me it was very humiliating"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-451-7/