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D12799-14
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- 1942-05-17 (Creation)
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Members of the Yoshigiro Yamada family gather around a radio on the train departing Tacoma's Union Station for Fresno's Pinedale Assembly Center on May 17, 1942. During the late 30's and early 40's, the Yamada family was separated. The six children lived with their mother Chiyeko Yamada in Seattle; their father ran the Vasa Hotel on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. In June of 1941, Mrs. Yamada died and the children came to live with their father in Tacoma. Several months after President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, the children were uprooted a second time and sent to the internment camp.The group are, left to right, twins Teddy and Kathryn (12), Robert (8) and Eddie (19.) (T. Times 5/18/1942, pg. 1, 14; TNT 5/18/2003, pg. B8+ by Stan Flewelling)
World War, 1939-1945--Relocation camps; Japanese Americans--Evacuation & relocation, 1942-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Yamada, Teddy; Yamada, Kathryn; Yamada, Robert; Yamada, Eddie; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950;