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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doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 32 (August 8, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1264)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, absentee ballots, shoe repair, farming, work regulations, infectious diseases, Ichijiro Yoshida, an editorial on rumors, and the features "Win, Place, and Show", "Post Time", and "Feminine Forum." See this object in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1264/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 5 (May 5, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1237)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, boy scouts, a surgical procedure, population at the center, and the feature "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1239

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1237/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 15 (June 6, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1247)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, elections, immunizations, handicrafts, election runners-up, camp news, and the feature "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1249

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1247/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 14 (June 3, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1246)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, elections, nominees, an editorial on democracy, and the feature ""Win, Place, and Show."" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1248

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1246/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 6 (May 8, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1238)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, mother's day, population at the center, milk station, and bedding equipment, and the feature "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1240

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1238/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 49 (October 5, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1274)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, departure for Rohwer incarceration camp, "Relocation Vignettes," the Santa Anita Supply and Warehouse and Finance divisions, and the features "Feminine Forum" and "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1274/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 36 (August 22, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1268)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, the evacuation of the Santa Anita Assembly Center, student relocation, and the features "Feminine Forum", "Post Time", and "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1268/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 17 (June 12, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1249)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, payday, War Bonds, an editorial on the American flag, mess halls, marriage, and the feature "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1249/

doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 26 (July 15, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1258)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, soft drink shortages, paychecks, transfer between assembly centers, voting, a mother's club, and the features, "Feminine Forum" and "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1258/

doc Japanese Americans in World War II- A Nisei Remembers (ddr-densho-496-3)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his internment at North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka published in New World Outlook in January of 1982.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-3/

doc From Internment to Going Off to War, 1942-1943 (ddr-densho-496-5)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his experience in Minidoka and enlisting in the War

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-5/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Shigeyuki Kusuda (ddr-densho-498-11)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Shigeyuki Kusuda from Tanforan Assembly Center. He arrived May 7 and is settling in as comfortably as possible.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-11/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from George Aki (ddr-densho-498-22)

Letter to Robert Inglis from George Aki discussing a church schedule.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-22/

doc Postcard to Rev. Robert Inglis from Teizo Sato (ddr-densho-498-12)

Postcard to Robert Inglis from Teizo Sato from Tanforan Assembly Center. Sato is thanking Inglis for his kindness and letting him know that he made it safely to Tanforan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-12/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai (ddr-densho-498-32)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai apoligizing for missing his visit at Tanforan Assembly Center. Wakai also updates Inglis on the goings-on at church in Tanforan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-32/

doc Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)

Minutes of the council called by the Independent Japanese Congregational Church in Oakland, California (now at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California) and the Plymoth Congregational Church in Oakland, California, to be held at the Tanforan Assembly Center to proceed with the examination and ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai, on June 11, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-28/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida (ddr-densho-498-21)

Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center. Uchida requests a few items to be purchased for them and sent to the assembly center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-21/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mitsuko Doris Mizote (ddr-densho-498-36)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Mitsuko Doris Mizote thanking him for his kindness and requesting that he send the seven packages that they left for him.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-36/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayama letting him know that they are going to Topaz, Utah.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-37/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai and George Aki (ddr-densho-498-31)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Masaysohi Wakai and George Akai thanking him for his support in their successful ordination of ministry. They express how they are performing their ministry duties at Tanforan Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-31/

doc Clipping- An Historical Ordination (ddr-densho-498-29)

An Historical Ordination by Robert Inglis. Inglis writes of the ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai at Tanforan Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-29/

doc Clipping- Japs Made Ministers (ddr-densho-498-23)

Newspaper clipping titled, "Japs Made Ministers," which discusses Masoyoshi Wakai and George Aki's ministry ordination in Tanforan Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-23/

doc Suffering Enriches Our Lives (ddr-densho-498-30)

"Suffering Enriches Our Lives" by Masayoshi Wakai. Wakai writes about the suffering of Japanese Americans during evacuation and relocation that has brought out kindness and fellowship. He states, "by undergoing similar difficulties and hardships, thus creating a sense of fellowship in suffering, we find that men here do try to help each other meet the difficulty …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-30/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from D. Uchida (ddr-densho-498-13)

Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from D. Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-13/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Misaki Aki (ddr-densho-498-34)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Misaki Aki requesting that he come to Tanforan to lead a church service.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-34/