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.

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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
December 22, 2017
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December 24, 1941
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December 25, 1941
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December 28, 1941
December 22, 2017
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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.

120741December 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.

 

December 8, 1941 - Apprehended by LAPD in custody of INS, Los Angeles. December 10 2041- LA County Jail Living in Los Angeles at 765 San Julian St.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.

 

Transferred to Tuna Canyon Detention Station, CaliforniaDecember 24, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Tuna Canyon Detention Station, California.

 

December 25, 1941 Christmas Day, Transferred to Ft. Lincoln, North DakotaDecember 25, 1941 – Christmas Day
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Ft. Lincoln, North Dakota.

 

Transferred to Fort Missoula, MontanaDecember 28, 1941
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Fort Missoula, Montana.

 

April 10, 1942 Attorney General orders Gihachi to be interned based on recommendation of Alien Enemy Hearing Board. 4/10/42 - Transferred to Ft. Sill, OklahomaApril 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.

 

May 6, 1942
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Moved from home in Los Angeles to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California.

 

Transferred to Camp Livingston, LouisianaMay 29, 1942
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Transferred to Camp Livingston, Louisiana.

 

September 30, 1942 Transferred from Santa Anita to internment in Rohwer, Arkansas.September 30, 1942
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Transferred from Santa Anita to internment in Rohwer, Arkansas.

 

February 16 and 17 - Family is allowed to leave Rohwer to visit Gihachi in Camp Livingston.February 16, 1943
Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Family is allowed to leave Rohwer to visit Gihachi in Camp Livingston, Louisiana.

 

Returned to custody of INS, Interned at Santa Fe, New MexicoJune 7, 1943
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Returned to custody of INS, interned at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

Paroled for travel to Rohwer, Arkansas.March 23, 1944
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square): Paroled for travel to Rohwer, Arkansas.

 

June 22, 1945
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles):
Final departure from Rohwer, headed to Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

Alien enemy proceedings terminatedNovember 15, 1945
Alien enemy proceedings terminated.
Gihachi Yamashita (purple square) and Tsugio, Angela, Lillian Yamashita (red circles): Salt Lake City, Utah.