Kiyama

There is combined on this appeal the separate appeals of Norio and Miyoko Kiyama. Each is one of the many appeals arising out of the mass evacuation at the start of World War II of Japanese from the West Coast, whether such Japanese were solely nationals of Japan, United States citizens of Japanese descent, or those with the dual nationality of both Japan and the United States.

The district court had jurisdiction of the action below under section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940 ( 54 Stat. 1171 , formerly 8 U.S.C.A. § 903 , now 8 U.S.C.A. § 1503 )

Appellants had severally been denied the right or privilege as a national of the United States to return to the United States from Japan, upon the ground he or she was not an United States citizen. Each had renounced his or her United States citizenship at the Tule Lake Seg *12 regation Center during World War II. 2 This court has jurisdiction on appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1291 .

This is not the first time these matters have been before this court after trial below. A consolidated trial was originally had in the district court between July 10th and 13th, 1956, and judgment entered on August 27, 1956, in favor of the government and…