Arriving+and+Processing+in+Japanese-American+Internment+Camps

Arriving and Procesing in the Japanese American internment camps during World War 1. On the train ride over to the internment camps, most say that the shades were drawn for the first couple of hours. The train ride to the Kooskia internment camp was assisted by six husky, armed members of the border patrol. They were under the supervision of an inspector. An internee named Sakaye Yoshimura said "... we spent three days and three nights on the train playing poker games, sleeping, and enjoying the scenery aloung the road." The train to Kooskia was carrying one-hundred and four Japanese American internees. [|More about the Train Ride].
 * The Train Ride.**

On the morning of May 27, 1943 a crowd stood at the Lewiston, Idaho, Union Pacific train depot. They were waiting for the "Jap Special". To Jeanne Wakatsuki (whom was an internee at Manzanar) thought that it sounded a quite fine adventure. Upon arrivals, their evacuations from places were complete. During the summer of 1942, most of the evacuees from the Portland Assembly Center were relocated to newly built relocation centers. [|(pictures)]
 * Arriving at the Internment camps.**

Going through processing after arriving at the internment camps. The Japanese internees had to be processed and assigned barracks when they arrived at the camps. Most of the internees under twenty-one years of age were Nesei American citizens. The rest of the internees were Issei Japanese. When they arrived the internees had to have their belongings processed. They were assigned barracks with other members of their family. Some of the families were split up.

During thre spring and summer of 1942, one of the largest migrations took place in the U.S. It was the movement of nearly 110,000 people of the Japanese race. They were moved form their homes in areas around the Pacific Coast. Ten wartime communities were constructed in remote areas between the Sierra Mountains and the Mississippi River. The evacuation of these people took place in the spring of 1942. During this time, with the invasion in the west coast coming closer as an imminant possibility, the Western Defense Command of the U.S. Army decided that the military situation needed the relocation to internment camps for all people of the Japanese decent from the broad coastal strip of land.
 * The Spring and Summer of 1942.**

Men arriving in their barracks: Men being loaded on to trucks to be sent to internment camps: ( http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/grphoto.htm )

Citations: 1. "Japanese Americans." 23 Aug 2007. 10 Dec 2007 . 2. Wegars, Priscilla. __The Japanese Internment Camp Near Kooskia__. 1998. 11 Dec 2007 . 3."Behind the Fence." __Life in the Internment Camps__. 13 Dec 2007 . 4."Relocation of Japanese Americans." 18 Dec 2007  5.Wakatsuki Houston, Jeanne. __Farewell to Manzanar__. NY, New York: Random House Children's Books, 1973.