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U. S. Soldiers and Japanese Americans standing by truck, March 25, 1942
Order an ImageShortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion of all Japanese and Japanese Americans from "designated military areas." On March 2, 1942, all civilians of Japanese ancestry living on Bainbridge Island, were ordered to leave because they were considered a threat to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on the Kitsap Peninsula. Although the United States was at war with Germany and Italy, few Italian and German Americans were placed in incarceration camps.
This photo, taken March 25, 1942, just before the forced removal of Japanese families from Bainbridge Island, shows a group of soldiers and Japanese American men standing by an army truck. The Bainbridge Island residents were the first Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest to be removed from their homes.
This photo, taken March 25, 1942, just before the forced removal of Japanese families from Bainbridge Island, shows a group of soldiers and Japanese American men standing by an army truck. The Bainbridge Island residents were the first Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest to be removed from their homes.
ID Number: PI28041
Date: 1942
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI28041
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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