Terminal Island Baptist Church assisted its congregation during the 48 hour evacuation period from Terminal Island by helping residents pack and sell their belongings, typing property inventories, and giving women and children a place to stay. Virginia Swanson Yamamoto, wife of Reverend Kichitaro Yamamoto, stands outside the Terminal Island Baptist Church with a Japanese American child in her arms.
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Lifestyle People World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--California Japanese--United States Baptist church buildings--California--Terminal Island Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Religion Yamamoto, Virginia Swanson
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