Japanese Americans boarding ferry for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image Japanese Americans board the ferry for forced removal from Bainbridge Island under U. S. Army guard. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days\u27 notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a total of 276 Japanese American residents at the time; those who were away from the island at the time due to study, military service, or other business were not permitted to return. After their forced removal from Bainbridge Island, they were sent to Puyallup, then to Manzanar War Relocation Center in California. On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan\u27s attack on Pearl Harbor and United States entry into WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion of all civilians of Japanese descent from designated military areas. In March 1942 Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island were the first in the country to be taken from their homes by the federal government because they were considered a threat to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on the Kitsap Peninsula. More than 9,000 Japanese and Japanese American people living in the Pacific Northwest were forced into incarceration, most at the isolated Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho, until 1945. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, March 30, 1942, page 2 Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photographhttps://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/using_korematsu_images/1010/thumbnail.jp

Two policemen posting Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17, Seattle, June 16, 1942

In this image two Seattle Police officers, J. O. Deng and A. N. Barger post copies of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17. Exclusion Order notices were posted on buildings, billboards, telephone poles, and other high visibility spots within the exclusion area. The notice announced the exclusion of Japanese Americans and gave them one week to prepare. A member of each family was to register immediately at the designated civil control station of the area. Those that failed to comply by remaining in the area after the appointed time would be subject to criminal penalties. On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan\u27s attack on Pearl Harbor and United States entry into WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion of all civilians of Japanese descent from designated military areas. More than 9,000 Japanese and Japanese American people living in the Pacific Northwest were forced into incarceration camps in Idaho and California until 1945. Caption information source: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Civilian_exclusion_orders Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photographhttps://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/using_korematsu_images/1004/thumbnail.jp