Bainbridge Island's Japanese residents expressed various feelings on the evacuation that was to take place shortly and the uncertainty of the future that awaited them. A photo showed Sonokichi Sakai showing his daughter Kazuko what they had to give…
Two hundred and twenty-five Japanese from Bainbridge Island were removed by the army in the first evacuation of civilians in Pacific Northwest history.
Finishing touches were added to the Puyallup Assembly Center, and it was now ready to received Japanese evacuees. The Army Corps of Engineers finished the work in just 17 days and at half of the budgeted amount.
