Timeline Map
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The images below are a series of 14 maps of the United States.
December 7, 1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor naval base Hawaii Territory.
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles):
Family living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
December 8, 1941
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
December 10, 2041
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Apprehended by LAPD in custody of INS, LA County Jail in Los Angeles, California.
December 24, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Tuna Canyon Detention Station, California.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
December 25, 1941 – Christmas Day
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Ft. Lincoln, North Dakota.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
December 28, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Fort Missoula, Montana.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
April 10, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Attorney General orders Gihachi to be interned based on recommendation of Alien Enemy Hearing Board. Transferred to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.
May 6, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Still interned at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Moved from home in Los Angeles to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California.
May 29, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still interned at Santa Anita Assembly Center, California.
September 30, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Still interned at Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Transferred from Santa Anita to internment in Rohwer, Arkansas.
February 16, 1943
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Still interned at Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Family is allowed to leave Rohwer to visit Gihachi in Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
June 7, 1943
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Returned to custody of INS, interned at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still interned in Rohwer, Arkansas.
March 23, 1944
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Paroled for travel to Rohwer, Arkansas.
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Still interned in Rohwer, Arkansas.
June 22, 1945
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles):
Final departure from Rohwer, Arkansas, headed to Salt Lake City, Utah.
November 15, 1945
Alien enemy proceedings terminated.
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Family lived in Salt Lake City, Utah.