Pearl Harbor and aftermath

The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, stunned the Japanese American community as much as the rest of the country. Many Issei (first generation) had been receiving news from their families in Japan and were aware of the growing tension between the two countries, but few thought that Japan would provoke the United States into war. Japanese Americans would again be shocked when immediately following the bombing, the FBI began going door to door making arrests. Any issei who was at all prominent was considered a potential spy, including Japanese association officers, language-school principals, and Buddhist priests. Without any meaningful due process, these men -- mostly heads of families -- were summarily separated from their wives and children and incarcerated.

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doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Tomie Shikano (ddr-ajah-7-127)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-127/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for George Washington Inouye (ddr-ajah-7-66)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-66/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Nori Nagai (ddr-ajah-7-97)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-97/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Ichiji Sakata (ddr-ajah-7-121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-121/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Osamu Yamanaka (ddr-ajah-7-143)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-143/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Bernice Kasuko Nagai (ddr-ajah-7-99)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-99/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Minoru James Matsumoto (ddr-ajah-7-93)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-93/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kiyoshi Kato (ddr-ajah-7-74)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-74/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Mary Hamachi (ddr-ajah-7-53)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-53/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Minoru Hugh Kiyomura (ddr-ajah-7-81)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-81/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Mary Shikano (ddr-ajah-7-128)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-128/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Hideo Uchiyama (ddr-ajah-7-142)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-142/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kiyo Sakata (ddr-ajah-7-122)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-122/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Nobu Masuda (ddr-ajah-7-88)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-88/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kimiyo Asakawa (ddr-ajah-7-44)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-44/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for George M. Nakamura (ddr-ajah-7-103)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-103/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Toshimi Nitta (ddr-ajah-7-110)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-110/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Jimmy Sumio Koga (ddr-ajah-7-82)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-82/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Tomotsu Kubota (ddr-ajah-7-84)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-84/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Fumi Matsumoto (ddr-ajah-7-92)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-92/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Walter Inami Tamura (ddr-ajah-7-130)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-130/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kin Kanagaki (ddr-ajah-7-70)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-70/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Yasuto Kato (ddr-ajah-7-72)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-72/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-17)

Fourth Presbyterian Committee voted unanimously to allow Japanese Church of Christ to meet in the John Timothy Stone Chapel at the Fourth Presbyterian Church every Sunday from 2-3:30 pm starting May 23. Committee's recommendation will go to the church session on May 20, 1942, for action. Muldur invites Tsai to attend with another church leader. Fourth …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-17/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-14)

ACS thanks AWP for concern and use of CTS chapel. ACS will return to lead the church, but CTS chapel is not suitable for congregation's use due to economic difficulties. (Note: ACS and Ryo Morikawa married in the Hilton Chapel, 24 Dec 1942)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-14/