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Report from the Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board detailing the professional services utilized in the field of public health, welfare, and related activities for Japanese Nationals and Japanese American detainees during their forced evacuation in United States incarceration camps during World War II. Subheadings read: I. Function Assigned to Bureau of Public Assistance; II. Staff Organization; III. Preparation for Work; IV. Activities of the Public Assistance Staff. In 1942, Charles Blankenship, a physician with the U. S. Public Health Service and medical consultant for the Service Command, United States Army in the San Francisco Regional Office, was given the assignment to inspect all Japanese American incarcerees from the Southern California sector for medical conditions before or as they entered the Santa Anita Racetrack Assembly Center, and later Manzanar, Gila River, and Rohwer incarceration camps.
Executive orders--United States World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Non-Incarcerated Japanese Americans--'Voluntary evacuation Family reunification Identity and values--Children Identity and values--Family Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Orphans Identity and values--Multiracial Identity and values--Old people World War II--Economic losses World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority--Community Analysis Section World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Administration--Western Defense Command World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration--Finances
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California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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