Mass removal ("evacuation")

On March 2, 1942, Public Proclamation No. 1 began to appear on telephone poles and buildings. This was the first official notice Japanese Americans had of their immediate removal from the West Coast. The notices stated that they had six or seven days to prepare, and were to take only what they could carry. They were not told where they would be taken. People rushed to sell or store, in one week, property and belongings acquired over a lifetime. Some families tucked their valuables away in their attic or basement and locked the door, hoping to return soon. 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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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 742 (April 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-777)

Selected article titles: "Protection, and Storage Assured Ousted Japanese" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Out-of-town Cagers Dominate 'Ayes'" (p. 3), "Protection, and Storage Assured" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-777/

img Manzanar and Tule Lake Plaque (ddr-densho-508-6)

Two sided plaque with Japanese characters on front. Inscription on back reads "OUR SEGREGATION TRAIN LEFT MANZANAR ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 21-1944 AND AFTER PASSING THROUGH SNOWY CALIFORNIA ARRIVED AT TULE LAKE THE NEXT NIGHT"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-508-6/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 745 (April 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-780)

Selected article titles: "Evacuation Goes Into Effect for Seattle Sectors" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Center Asks for Recreation Aids" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-780/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 740 (March 20, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-775)

Selected article titles: "Government Will Keep Check Upon Goods and Lands" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "4 States Added; Farms in Tangle" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-775/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 743 (April 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-778)

Selected article titles: "Inland Officials Stress Point to Return Evacuees" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Educators Would Assist Students" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-778/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 744 (April 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-779)

Selected article titles: "Big Progressive Evacuation Plan Favors Farmers" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Filipinos Active Over Land Deals" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-779/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 741 (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-776)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Warned Can't Leave Area Starting Monday" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Two Main Events Rush Evacuation" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-776/

doc Memoir: "The Ishikawa Family Who Came to America" (ddr-densho-468-96)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-96/

doc Evacuee Report for Kondo family (ddr-ajah-7-29)

Includes JACL Evacuation survey about property, evacuation plans and medical notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-29/

doc Evacuee Report for Iwaihara family (ddr-ajah-7-25)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-25/

doc Letter from Office Secretary for Washington Township Chapter of the JACL to California Deaf School (ddr-ajah-7-9)

Requesting permission to pick up daughter Kasuko to prepare for evacuation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-9/

doc Evacuee Summary for Washington Township and Pleasanton (ddr-ajah-7-16)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-16/

doc Evacuee Report for Yamashita family (ddr-ajah-7-40)

Includes property survey

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-40/

doc Evacuee Report for Ushiyama family (ddr-ajah-7-36)

Includes property survey

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-36/

doc Evacuee Report for Umene family (ddr-ajah-7-37)

Includes property survey

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-37/

doc Evacuee Report for Kekuchi family (ddr-ajah-7-27)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-27/

doc Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)

Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-75/

doc Letter from Harry Kondo to John W. Abbott (ddr-ajah-7-10)

Asking for consideration for allowing community members to move to productive agricultural land

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-10/

doc Evacuee Report for Yoshimura family (ddr-ajah-7-41)

Includes property survey

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-41/

doc Evacuee Report for Hitomi family (ddr-ajah-7-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-23/

doc Evacuee Report for Suzawa family (ddr-ajah-7-33)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-33/

doc Evacuee Report for Ota family (ddr-ajah-7-31)

Includes property survey

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-31/

doc Bulletin issued by Washington Township JACL related to evacuation orders (ddr-ajah-7-6)

Asking community members for accounting of family members, possessions and that they comply with the order

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-6/

doc Transcript of radio broadcast by Tom C. Clark (ddr-ajah-7-7)

Instructions for the process of evacuation of people of Japanese descent from the restricted zones, and plans for managing property

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

doc Notice of evacuation date for people of Japanese ancestry sent by Washington Township JACL (ddr-ajah-7-14)

Informing community that evacuation date is May 9, to meet a Tanforan Assembly Center, to dispose of any property or items, get their typhoid inoculation and register for an absentee ballot.

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