The last remaining Japanese in Seattle were asked to register and prepare for evacuation to the Puyallup Assembly Center, while those in rural Pierce County were also scheduled to register in preparation for eventual evacuation. Two maps showed the…
The last remaining areas of the Puget Sound corridor still having Japanese residents were soon to be emptied of them as new exclusion orders were put into effect. Japanese residents of southwestern King County, western Pierce County and Kitsap County…
Internees at the Puyallup Assembly Center were preparing to leave the place for a permanent camp in Idaho called the Minidoka Relocation Center. James Y. Sakamoto, former publisher of the Japanese American Courier and head of the self-government at…
Evacuation of the Puyallup Assembly Center began with an advance party of 200 leaving to help set up the Minidoka Relocation Center where the Puyallup Center evacuees will be moved to. Once the camp is readied, trainloads of 500 per day will leave…
A curfew for enemy aliens and all persons of Japanese ancestry was put into effect in late March, and the FBI warned that it would be strictly enforced. All affected people were to be in their homes between the hours of 8 pm and 6am.
