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Amends Civilian Restrictive Order No. 2. to include the Puyallup assembly center in Washington. This order moved 400 incarcerated people from the Portland and Puyallup assembly centers to Malheur County, Oregon for private employment. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Geographic communities--Oregon Geographic communities--Idaho Industry and employment--Agriculture World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
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