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Title
Public proclamation no. 7
Creator
DeWitt, John L., 1880-1962: author
United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-06-08
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
A proclamation issued by Lieutenant General DeWitt, U. S. Army, following the first 99 exclusion orders that confirms the mass removal of people with Japanese ancestry.
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.
Type
text
Format
Pamphlets; Leaflets
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0922
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/12198
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion Orders
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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