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Description
A press release announcing the plan to construct the Tule Lake Reclamation Project in northern California. The reception center was completed by the Army Engineers and was the destination for evacuees from northern California and southern Oregon. 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--California Geographic communities--Oregon World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Construction World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
Place
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
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