Internees at the Puyallup Assembly Center, called Camp Harmony, were settling down to try to make their living quarters as livable as possible by adding touches of what they used to have at home. Dental service, a newspaper, church choirs, etc. were…
The Army kep a close watch over Bainbridge Island's Japanese as the day for evacuation was nearing. Meanwhile, James Sakamoto awaited word on his proposalto the federal government to have the area's Japanese move to the Columbia Basin near Moses…
Regisration of Bainbridge Island Japanese was handled by civilian workers as the Army looked on in preparation for the evacuation of all these people from the Island.
Residents of Japanese ancestry prepared to leave Bainbridge Island today, March 30, 1942 as all arrangements had been made to have the army evacuate them. They were to take a ferry to Seattle, then board a train for Manzanar.
Plans were being drawn up to prepare for the movement of all the Japanese from Seattle to the Puyallup Assembly Center with a staff composed of Japanese Americans from the Emergency Defense Council of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Stafff of the Puyallup Assembly Center which will administer the camp was chosen from among the Japanese American population of Seattle; James Y. Sakamoto, former publisher of the Japanese American Courier was named chief supervisor..
The first of thousands of evacuees to be sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center arrived there with the army in charge of the removal. These were people with special skills that can help set up the camp. They were met by people from Alaska who had…
