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Registration and the "loyalty questionnaire"

To help administer the military draft and work release program, the U.S. Army and the War Relocation Authority (WRA) produced "loyalty questionnaires" for all Japanese Americans seventeen years of age and older. The questionnaires contained two questions that caused confusion and controversy. Despite serious problems with the wording and meaning of the questions, government officials and others generally considered those who answered "no" to these two questions to be "disloyal" to the United States, and they were transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp which was designated a segregation camp. "Yes" answers to these questions made Japanese Americans eligible for service in the U.S. Army, and some became eligible for release and resettlement in areas outside of the West Coast exclusion zones.

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Japanese American Joint Board, Loyalty questionnaire, Segregation

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Sarah Sato Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-81-21)
vh Sarah Sato Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-81-21)
Transfer with family to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as "no-nos"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-81-21/
Ben Takeshita Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-467-7)
vh Ben Takeshita Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-467-7)
The controversy over the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-467-7/
Hubert Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-506-12)
vh Hubert Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-506-12)
Hearing about the conflict over the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-506-12/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-165-17)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-165-17)
Witnessing tension and conflict between "yes-yeses" and "no-nos" in Tule Lake
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-17/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-165-28)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-165-28)
Writing a play about the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" issue
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-28/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-165-16)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-165-16)
Reaction to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire": making the decision to resist the draft
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-16/
Masako Murakami Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-166-5)
vh Masako Murakami Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-166-5)
Father's answering "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-166-5/
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