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Sharp Camp following the evacuation order for persons of Japanese ancestry

The photograph depicts Aliens at Sharp Camp, California following the evacuation order for people of Japanese ancestry. The camp seen in the photograph was set up to serve as a detention centre were people were given hearings. The Japanese people…

Tags: 20th century, California, Discrimination, evacuation, Japanese American, Japanese Ancestry, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, Japanese Internment Camp, Mandatory evacuation, Photograph, Race Relations, Racial Tensions, Racism, Second World War, Sharp Camp, WW2

Application for Leave Clearance form, WRA-126

The source, informally known as the “Loyalty Questionnaire” is an example of the questionnaires the War Relocation Authority sent into internment camps to assess the loyalty of Japanese people. This form needed to be filled out before the individual…

Tags: 20th century, California, Discrimination, Eliibility, Japanese American, Japanese Ancestry, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, Loyalty, Loyalty Questionnaire, Racial Tensions, Racism, Second World War, Tule Lake, War Relocation Authority, WW2

Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp

It is a photograph of Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp, which was a World War II internment camp in British Columbia. There is a long line of children, one to two deep, with some adults behind them. The centre of the picture shows a car,…

Tags: 20th century, Asian Immigration, British Columbia, Immigration, Japanese, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese Immigration, Photograph, Racial Tensions, Second World War, Tashme Camp, Wartime Internment

Japanese-American volunteers

This photograph is an image of a group of Japanese-American men, based in Kauai, who were receiving a physical examination test as they wanted to their part in the Second World War. Despite the fact that many of the young men in the photograph were…

Tags: 20th century, Conscription, Examination, Hawai’i, High school, Japanese, Japanese American, Japanese Immigration, Kauai, Migration, Military, Photograph, Second World War, War, WW2

Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i

This photo shows the aftermath of the bombing at Pearl Harbour in December 1941. This photo is significant for a number of reasons. Firstly, the vessel that was bombed was a US naval ship. By the ship being stationed in Hawai’i, it shows that the US…

Tags: 20th century, Bombing, Conflict, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Militarisation, Pearl Harbour, Second World War, ship, Shipping, US Army, US Military, US navy, USS Arizona, World War Two, Wreckage, WW2

Waiting for the Signal From Home

The Cartoon is titled “Waiting for the Signal From Home” and it shows thousands of Japanese people who are all stereotyped marching from Washington, through Oregon and to California to pick up blocks of explosives from a small shed named “Honorable…

Their Best Way to Show Loyalty: An Editorial

A transcript of an editorial piece published by The San Francisco News noting that Japanese people and people with Japanese Ancestry voluntarily evacuating and being relocated is the way to show their loyalty to the state. Notes that people have been…

Tags: 20th century, California, evacuation, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese American, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, Loyalty, Mandatory evacuation, National Security, Newspaper, Propaganda, San Francisco, Second World War, The San Francisco News, WW2

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