Title: "Japanese From Bainbridge Are Moved to Idaho," Seattle Times, 3/3/1943, (ddr-densho-56-885)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-885

Japanese From Bainbridge Are Moved to Idaho

HUNT, Idaho, March 3.--(AP)--One hundred and ninety-three Japanese-American residents of Bainbridge Island, Wash., have arrived at the Minidoka Relocation Center from the Manzanar Relocation Center in California.

The newcomers boosted the population of the Hunt community to 9,393, highest in the six-month history of the center.

The Sakura brothers--Chet, Howard, Kenny and Ted--formerly of Seattle but now residents of the Hunt center, want to serve in Uncle Sam's Army. They volunteered for duty in the special Japanese-American combat unit being recruited from western relocation towns.

"Long before Father (Tayozo Sakura) died." Chet, the spokesman, told reporters, "he told all of us that if Japan and the United States should ever be engaged in a war, there would be only one thing for us to do--live and fight to uphold the U.S.A."