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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…

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.

News article; although many businesses are suffering because of the economy, Bainbridge Gardens owned by Junkoh Harui still thrives.