Timeline Map

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Learn where the Yamashita family members were relocated during wartime in the interactive map below by clicking on the gold dates.

Legend: Map Legend: Purple Squares are Gihachi Yamashita's locations, and Red Circles are Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita's locations

December 7, 1941
December 8, 1941
December 24, 1941
December 25, 1941
December 28, 1941
April 10, 1941
May 6, 1942
May 29, 1942
September 30, 1942
February 16, 1943
June 7, 1943
March 23, 1944
June 22, 1945
November 15, 1945
December 7, 1941
April 20, 2018
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December 8, 1941
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December 24, 1941
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December 25, 1941
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December 28, 1941
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April 10, 1941
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May 6, 1942
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May 29, 1942
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September 30, 1942
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February 16, 1943
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June 7, 1943
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March 23, 1944
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June 22, 1945
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November 15, 1945
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The images below are a series of 14 maps of the United States.

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living December 7, 1941December 7, 1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor naval base Hawaii Territory.
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles):
Living at 765 San Julian Street in Los Angeles, California.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living December 8, 1941December 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.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living December 24, 1941December 24, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Tuna Canyon Detention Station, California.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living December 25, 1941December 25, 1941 – Christmas Day
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Ft. Lincoln, North Dakota.

 

TMap of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living December 28, 1941December 28, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Fort Missoula, Montana.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living April 10, 1942April 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.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living May 6, 1942May 6, 1942
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Moved from home in Los Angeles to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living May 29, 1942May 29, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Camp Livingston, Louisiana.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living September 30, 1942September 30, 1942
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Transferred from Santa Anita to internment in Rohwer, Arkansas.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living February 1943February 16, 1943
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Family is allowed to leave Rohwer to visit Gihachi in Camp Livingston, Louisiana.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living June 7, 1943June 7, 1943
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Returned to custody of INS, interned at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living March 23, 1944March 23, 1944
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Paroled for travel to Rohwer, Arkansas.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living June 22, 1945June 22, 1945
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles):
Final departure from Rohwer, headed to Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

Map of the United States displaying where Yamashita family members were living November 15, 1945November 15, 1945
Alien enemy proceedings terminated.
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Salt Lake City, Utah.