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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vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-483-9)

Family's decisions regarding answering the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-483-9/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 70 (ddr-densho-1000-135-70)

Tosh's experience leaving camp and working on a sugar beet farm in Idaho

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-135-70/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 75 (ddr-densho-1000-135-75)

Answers to the so-called "loyalty questions"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-135-75/

vh Jim Akutsu Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-2-31)

Answering "yes-no" on the so-called "loyalty questions"

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-2-31/

vh Jim Akutsu Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-2-30)

Reasoning behind answers to the so-called "loyalty questions"

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-2-30/

vh Jim Akutsu Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-2-29)

Personal response to the so-called "loyalty questions"

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-2-29/

vh George Nakano Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-359-9)

Parents sign "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-359-9/

vh Gene Akutsu Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-1-30)

Reasons for answering "no-no" on so-called "loyalty questions" and revisiting decision to resist the draft

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-1-30/

vh Gene Akutsu Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-1-19)

Family's "stop order" status and restrictions on movement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-1-19/

vh Gene Akutsu Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-1-12)

Deciding to resist the draft: discussion of answers to the so-called "loyalty questions," and preparing for death

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-1-12/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-129-20)

Niseis' reaction to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire": "Mostly, it was a confusion that developed gradually into anger"; deciding to answer "yes-yes"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-129-20/