The first Japanese immigrant to arrive on Bainbridge Island in 1883 arrived on the island from Port Blakely in 1884, meaning that by 1942, the longest standing families could have been there for 60 years. The first wave of forced removal was from Japanese immigrants who were mill workers at the world's largest sawmill at Port Blakeley Mill. Most stayed on Bainbrid Island and later became farmers. After the Pearl Harbor attack, President Roosevelt ordered the removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. He issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing General John L DeWitt to issue a series of orders, including a curfew order for the western halves of California, Oregon, and Washington and parts of Arizona as a military zone, and a freeze order that would not allow Japanese Americans to leave the area. The next set of orders included 108 Civilian Exclusion Orders ordering Japanese Americans in neighborhoods across West Coast to report for removal. The author reflects on her own personal experience and the process of evacuation from their homes.