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Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congregational church attending Easter services prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast areas, and housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congreg...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-71. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into their draft boards at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to sign voluntary induction applications. They have just been allowed to enlist in a recently formed U.S. Army combat regiment made up of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry and are part of a group of 110, all of whom applied at the same time

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into th...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of 13 grandchildren photographed on a ranch in Santa Clara county before evacuees of Japanese ancestry were transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-532. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newcomers enter the Santa Anita Park Assembly Center at Arcadia, California, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newco...

Officer inspecting Japanese American woman's suitcase. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Japanese enlistment. Official announcement recently of formation of a combat regiment to be made up of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry was the signal for hundreds of loyal citizens in Hawaii to go to their draft boards and sign up. Here, a group of 110, many of them married and fathers, are smilingly waiting their turn to fill out their voluntary induction applications

Japanese enlistment. Official announcement recently of formation of a ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to enter their draft board at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army. They intend to fight for Uncle Sam as member of a combat regiment made up of 1,500 American citizens of Japanese ancestry. Yoshito Matsusaka (right), thirty-six, is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, directing removal by April 7 of persons of Japanese ancestry, from the first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, direct...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-40. "OWI V 76." Forms part of: Farm Security A... More

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry at an assembly center in Salinas, California, prior to a War Relocation Authority center

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japa...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill public school in the so-called international section. Many children of Japanese ancestry like the boy shown here with his Caucasian chum, were evacuated with their parents from this neighborhood, to go to the War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill pub...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-72. Farm Security Administration an... More

San Pedro, Cal. Apr. 1942. Fishing boats, formerly operated by residents of Japanese ancestry, tied up for the duration in Los Angeles harbor

San Pedro, Cal. Apr. 1942. Fishing boats, formerly operated by residen...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being moved from Los Angeles harbor before their eventual resettlement in war relocation authority centers

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being move...

Women and children in back of truck. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). US War Relocation Authority. No. B-28.

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, later to be housed in war relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first c...

Japanese American boy seated, full-length, on duffel bag, facing right. U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-84. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawaii to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment being organized for Americans of Japanese ancestry, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, pledges allegiance to the United States as Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command administers the oath. Doi was born at Loloa, but lived in Lihue and worked as station attendant at the Kapaia Garage. He applied for voluntary induction on January 30, two days after Washington announced formation of the combat unit. "I'm going to be a darn good soldier," Doi said after taking the oath. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action."

Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - scene at Wartime Civil Control Administration station when the first group of 664 persons of Japanese ancestry was evacuated from San Francisco

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - scene at Wartime Civil Control Adm...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-94. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting the bus at the Wartime Civil Control sta., San Francisco, Apr. 1942

Residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting the bus at the Wartime Civil C...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-92. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in response to the US Army's Exclusion order No. 20, appearing at the Civil control station and being registered for housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in ...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-517. Farm Security Administration and Office o... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry registering for evacuation and housing, later, in War relocation authority centers for duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry regi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-572. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Librar... More

Evacuees of Japanese ancestry attending Memorial Day services at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation authority center--Boy Scouts and American Legion members participating in the services appear in the foreground ...

Evacuees of Japanese ancestry attending Memorial Day services at Manza...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers to be inducted into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment now being formed, 18-year-old Mitsura Doi of Kauai, Hawaii, garage worker, receives congratulations from Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command who administered the oath of induction at 2:40 PM, Thursday, March 11. Doi was born at Koloa and volunteered with the blessing of his parents. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action," he said as he shook hands with Major McManus

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - distributor of one of the 150 impounded automobiles owned by evacuees of Japanese ancestry assigned to the War Relocation Authority Center

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - distributor of one of the 150 impounded...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-67. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Co... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20--The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, app...

No. A-515. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry from the village of Aiea, Territory of Hawaii, couldn't wait for official announcement of creation of a combat regiment of Americans of Japanese ancestry. They went to their draft board at Waipahu, asked for voluntary induction applications so they could be first in line when the regiment was formed. Yoshito Matsusaka (extreme left), thirty-six, and Yaso Abe(third from left), thirty-four, are both former lieutenants in the U.S. Army Reserve

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry from the vil...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Japanese enlistment. Thomas Aoki, forty, father of six children, fills out his voluntary application for the U.S. Army Combat Regiment being organized solely of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Aoki is one of a group of 110 Aiea Plantation employees who signed up one afternoon at Selective Service Board No. 9 in Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii as soon as formation of the regiment was officially announced. Others in the group waiting to sign up are shown behind Aoki

Japanese enlistment. Thomas Aoki, forty, father of six children, fills...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to enter their draft board at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army. They intend to fight for Uncle Sam as member of a combat regiment made up of 1,500 American citizens of Japanese ancestry. Yoshito Matsusaka (right), thirty-six, is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Lone Pine, Calif., May 1942 - a group arriving by train from Elk Grove, and boarding a bus for Manzanar, a War relocation authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast area[s], will stay for the duration of the war

Lone Pine, Calif., May 1942 - a group arriving by train from Elk Grove...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. D-532. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, at the Weill public school pledging allegience to the United States flag. The evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese anc...

Relocation of Japanese-Americans. Calif. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph ... More

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. Miss Naito works in an office at the center

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese enlistment. A group of 110 men from the village of Aiea, Territory of Hawaii crowd into Selective Service Board No. 9 in Waipahu. They are waiting to sign applications for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army's recently formed combat regiment composed of 1,500 American citizens of Japanese ancestry

Japanese enlistment. A group of 110 men from the village of Aiea, Terr...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. Miss Naito works in an office at the center

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Lo...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942. The last Redondo Beach residents of Japanese ancestry leaving by truck for relocation

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942. The last Redondo Beach residents of Japan...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanese ancestry arrive at Selective Service Board No. 9, Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the recently organized combat regiment made up exclusively of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry. They are part of a group of 110 men all of whom enlisted as soon as formation of the regiment was officially announced

Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanes...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamoto, surveyor and civil engineer, and Bill Shiramizu of Hanamaulu, are told by Captain C.J. White, commanding officer of the provisional company of AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers on Kauai, as they spend their first day in camp. Not yet sworn into the Army, the men has passed their preliminary physical and were waiting results of their X-ray and blood tests. They were among the first of Kauai's contingent of AJA volunteers to begin the last stage of the induction procedure

Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamot...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - boys starting a ball game soon after their arrival at Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center for the evacuees of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast areas

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - boys starting a ball game soon after th...

Photograph shows four boys playing baseball on a sand-lot at Manzanar, California. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-134. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collectio... More

[A young girl of Japanese ancestry identifying her baggage at assembly center, Salinas, Calif.]

[A young girl of Japanese ancestry identifying her baggage at assembly...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-204. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information C... More

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942 - a general view of quarters for evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942 - a general ...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-406. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information C... More

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newcomers enter the Santa Anita Park Assembly Center at Arcadia, California, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newco...

Officer inspecting Japanese American woman's suitcase. Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Office for Emergency Management. Transfer; United... More

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry from the village of Aiea, Territory of Hawaii, couldn't wait for official announcement of creation of a combat regiment of Americans of Japanese ancestry. They went to their draft board at Waipahu, asked for voluntary induction applications so they could be first in line when the regiment was formed. Yoshito Matsusaka (extreme left), thirty-six, and Yaso Abe(third from left), thirty-four, are both former lieutenants in the U.S. Army Reserve

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry from the vil...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Mitsuru Doi, first American of Japanese ancestry to volunteer for induction into United States Army, buttoning his uniform shirt

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Mitsuru Doi, first American of Ja...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. Among the men from local board No. 2 on Kauai, Hawaii who reported for physical examination prior to induction into the AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry combat unit taking shape in the territory were these three pairs of brothers. From left to right they are: Minoru, twenty-eight, and Chitsugi Manabe, twenty-three; Tooru, eighteen, and James S. Takenaka, twenty; and Shigeo, twenty-one, and Tadao Suemori, twenty. Tooru Takenaka was still a student in high school when he went up for his physical. He volunteered because "I want to go in with my brother to do my share."

Japanese-American volunteers. Among the men from local board No. 2 on ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into their draft boards at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to sign voluntary induction applications. They have just been allowed to enlist in a recently formed U.S. Army combat regiment made up of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry and are part of a group of 110, all of whom applied at the same time

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into th...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. The remaining fifty-three volunteers of board no. 2, Lihue, Kauai, who passed their physical to complete their board's quota of fifty-eight inductees take the oath of induction into the AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry combat regiment. The oath is administered by Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command

Japanese-American volunteers. The remaining fifty-three volunteers of ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamoto, surveyor and civil engineer, and Bill Shiramizu of Hanamaulu, are told by Captain C.J. White, commanding officer of the provisional company of AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers on Kauai, as they spend their first day in camp. Not yet sworn into the Army, the men has passed their preliminary physical and were waiting results of their X-ray and blood tests. They were among the first of Kauai's contingent of AJA volunteers to begin the last stage of the induction procedure

Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamot...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry at an assembly center in Salinas, California, prior to a War Relocation Authority center

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Shoppers reading US Army exclusion order No. 20 directing evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry, San Francisco

Shoppers reading US Army exclusion order No. 20 directing evacuation o...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-41. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers to be inducted into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment now being formed, 18-year-old Mitsura Doi of Kauai, Hawaii, garage worker, receives congratulations from Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command who administered the oath of induction at 2:40 PM, Thursday, March 11. Doi was born at Koloa and volunteered with the blessing of his parents. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action," he said as he shook hands with Major McManus

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese relocation, California. A view of the quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. Mount Whitney, highest peak in the United States, is in the background

Japanese relocation, California. A view of the quarters at Manzanar, C...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi Nagao, at bat, in a practice game between members of the Chick-a-dee softball team, which was kept intact when the players were evacuated from Los Angeles to Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry

Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Japanese-American volunteers. Weight, height and chest measurements, all were taken in a simultaneous operation as AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers on Kauai, Hawaii, first island to begin induction into the new combat unit, underwent physical examination prior to induction of 150 men

Japanese-American volunteers. Weight, height and chest measurements, a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers to be inducted into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment now being formed, 18-year-old Mitsura Doi of Kauai, Hawaii, garage worker, receives congratulations from Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command who administered the oath of induction at 2:40 PM, Thursday, March 11. Doi was born at Koloa and volunteered with the blessing of his parents. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action," he said as he shook hands with Major McManus

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanese ancestry arrive at Selective Service Board No. 9, Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the recently organized combat regiment made up exclusively of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry. They are part of a group of 110 men all of whom enlisted as soon as formation of the regiment was officially announced

Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanes...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Japanese enlistment. Official announcement recently of formation of a combat regiment to be made up of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry was the signal for hundreds of loyal citizens in Hawaii to go to their draft boards and sign up. Here, a group of 110, many of them married and fathers, are smilingly waiting their turn to fill out their voluntary induction applications

Japanese enlistment. Official announcement recently of formation of a ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 residents of Japanese ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco, under the US Army exclusion order No. 20, who will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 resid...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-85. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Japanese enlistment. Thomas Aoki, forty, father of six children, fills out his voluntary application for the U.S. Army Combat Regiment being organized solely of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Aoki is one of a group of 110 Aiea Plantation employees who signed up one afternoon at Selective Service Board No. 9 in Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii as soon as formation of the regiment was officially announced. Others in the group waiting to sign up are shown behind Aoki

Japanese enlistment. Thomas Aoki, forty, father of six children, fills...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, who will later be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first conti...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-83. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Children of the Weill public school, from the so-called international settlement, shown in a flag pledge ceremony. Some of them are evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Children of the Weill public schoo...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. ... More

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Mitsuru Doi, first American of Japanese ancestry to volunteer for induction into United States Army, buttoning his uniform shirt

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Mitsuru Doi, first American of Ja...

Image source: U.S. Army Corps. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the... More

Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteer to put on the uniform of the U.S. Army, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, is shown how to buckle on his ammunition belt. Doing the showing is Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees, and nephew of the Brigadier General Chynoweth who was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his activities in the Philippines even after occupation of the islands by the Japanese

Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More