Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, the west drift officer of the U.S. Armed force, issued Exclusion Order No. 1 on March 24, 1942, which took into consideration the constrained evacuation surprisingly of Japanese family line from Bainbridge Island. This first gathering to be requested to leave their homes from Bainbridge Island, had turned into a critical piece of the network in the wonderful island over the Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington.
The Bainbridge Islanders influenced, which included outsiders and non-outsiders (as were known as the subjects of the assembled States) were allowed only six days to enroll, offer or by one means or another lease or discard their homes and property, and pack to take off. They were given six days notice to be prepared to leave their homes and property. They accumulated at the previous Eagledale Ferry Landing on March 30, 1942, at 11:00 am. They were taken by weapon and pike point by request of the military officer to board a ship and prepare, which left traveling south. They didn't know where they were being taken. They were informed that they were being told to go to a gathering focus under government supervision. They were told advance that they could take with them one bag and just what they could convey or wear. They wound up at a transitory get together focus until the point when the camps were prepared for inhabitance.
Workers from Japan had allegedly started to touch base on Bainbridge Island in the 1880's. By the mid 1940's, they had turned into an essential piece of the Bainbridge Island people group. There were agriculturists, specialists, anglers, and their groups of Japanese drop. This gathering of 272 men, ladies, and youngsters were the first of the almost 120,000 individuals to be expelled from their homes on the west drift and imprisoned in camps.
The editors of the Bainbridge Review daily paper, Walt and Milly Woodward, transparently contradicted the clearing for the term of the war. This was remarkable among west drift daily papers, which for the most part bolstered and empowered the abuse of Japanese Americans.
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) association has raised dedications to recollect the Japanese American experience. Their adage is: Nidoto Nai Yoni or Let It Not Happen Again.
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