Temporary Assembly Centers

In spring 1942, the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) hastily prepared temporary "assembly centers" to house the individuals of Japanese ancestry who were removed from their homes after the signing of Executive Order 9066. The centers were surrounded by barbed-wire fences and patrolled by armed military police. People were housed in animal stalls and barracks with communal bathrooms and mess halls. After spending up to six months in the "assembly centers," Japanese Americans were moved inland to permanent concentration camps.

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img Men stand with a truck bound for Tule Lake (ddr-densho-37-876)

Included annotation: C-1, Tule Lake Bound.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-876/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-220)

Envelope and letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he tells Yuriko about his transfer to Camp Savage to study Japanese and the general schedule of the language school. He inquires about her family's adjustment to life in the Assembly center and provides her with his new address.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-220/

doc Postcard to Yuri Domoto from Rosie Suyeyama (ddr-densho-356-294)

Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Rose Suyeyama in which she talks about the preparations for the move from Tanforan to Topaz. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-294/

img Baggage inspection for Tule Lake bound crates (ddr-densho-37-877)

Included annotation: 210-CBD-1, Tule bound baggage "inspection", only [with arrow].

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-877/