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Description
A personal account from a former Minidoka occupant who described life at the incarceration camp. 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.
Identity and values--Nisei World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Leaving camp
Place
Incarceration Camps--Minidoka
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
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