Responses of non-Japanese Americans

The reactions of non-Japanese friends, neighbors and classmates were mixed. Some turned their heads and refused to recognize their former friends. Others believed the government propaganda and became outright hostile. Still others helped their Japanese American neighbors by storing belongings and driving them to the places where they were to be picked up. Perhaps only a handful of people understood the true implications of the course of events.

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doc Editorial: "What of the Japanese Who Are Americans?" (ddr-densho-68-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-55/

doc Editorial: "Many Who Mourn" (ddr-densho-68-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-9/

doc Editorial: "A Happy Milestone" (ddr-densho-68-98)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-98/

doc Editorial: "Patience" (ddr-densho-68-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-30/

doc Editorial: "Unwise" (ddr-densho-68-60)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-60/

doc Editorial: "Paul Is Gone" (ddr-densho-68-88)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-88/

doc Editorial: "Not Another Arcadia" (ddr-densho-68-7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-7/

doc Editorial: "We Answer a Challenge" (ddr-densho-68-91)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-91/

doc "The Senator is Right; So Were We" (ddr-densho-68-78)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-78/

doc Letter denying exemption addressed to Sarah E. Pyatt from Captain Herman P. Goebel, Jr. (ddr-one-3-14)

Return letter and envelope to Sarah "Sade" Pyatt from Captain Herman P. Goebel, Jr. of the Western Defense Command and the Fourth Army informing her that her request for the Kidas to be exempted from Executive Order 9066 has been rejected.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-14/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (ddr-one-3-13)

Letter to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (the letter is unsigned) asking for an exemption from Executive order 9066 for Miyuki "Kay" Kida. For response see ddr-one-3-14.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-13/

doc Petition (ddr-one-3-11)

Typed petition asking for an exemption from Executive Order 9066 on behalf of Kenjiro, Kay, and George Kida living in White Salmon, Washington. Signed by 67 members of the White Salmon community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-11/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from J.A. "Al" Johnson (ddr-one-3-12)

Copy of a letter sent to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt by J. A. "Al" Johnson. Asks for an exemption for the Kida family from Executive Order 9066 and attests to their loyalty to the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-12/

doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-92/

img G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington (ddr-csujad-7-14)

G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington, who opposed the return of the incarcerees to their homes after the war, March 2, 1944. Photo shows him pointing to a sign "We don't want any Japs back here -- ever!" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-14/

img Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona, "Japs keep out you rats" (ddr-csujad-7-2)

Barbershop in Parker, Arizona, with sign "Japs keep out your rats." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-2/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "Let Us Keep Our Record Clear" (ddr-densho-35-153)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-153/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "They'll Keep The Faith: Japanese Courier" (ddr-densho-35-167)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-167/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness" (ddr-densho-35-168)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-168/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 6 June, 1942- December, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-6)

Volume 6 divides into six sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 presents archival documents from June 1942 that show the first major modifications of relocation policies and depict the resistance by Western Defense Command to any amelioration of the condition of the Japanese Americans. Section 2 contains selected …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-6/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 5 May, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-5)

Volume 5 divides into two sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: The first half of volume 5 includes archival documents from May 1942 which show the Army making California and the other West Coast areas "free" of Japanese, as first the Assembly Centers and then the Relocation Centers began to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-5/

doc Letter to Clarence R. Walker from Gonkichi Miyagi (ddr-densho-416-34)

Letter to Clarence R. Walker from Gonkichi Miyagi. Gonkichi talks about receiving 125 dollars from Clarence Walker for Clarence having sold something of Gonkichi's. Gonkichi tells Clarence he does not expect to return to California any time soon. Gonkichi talks how he feels about his grandson William Miyagi being drafted into the army while the rest …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-34/

doc "Japanese Incident" (ddr-densho-423-142)

Article by Henry H. Crane for The Christian Century. Story of an incident of an attack on a Japanese man after Pearl Harbor and his response.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-142/

doc "Thousands of Interned Japanese Found Disloyal" (ddr-densho-423-139)

Article by Senator "Happy" Chandler in the Los Angeles Examiner arguing that he has found 40-50% of military age men in the camps are disloyal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-139/

doc "Some Opinions from Readers on Japanese Americans" (ddr-densho-423-144)

Responses to editorial from Des Moines Register opposing the resolution proposed by the state legislature to ban Japanese Americans from relocating to the state.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-144/