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Description
A press release where Colonel Karl R. Bendetsen, Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Affairs Division, combats rumors that assembly centers have inadequate facilities to house incarcerated people. He also addresses concerns that these people are not being fed well. 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.
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Incarceration camps--Construction World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Food World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living conditions
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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