Cover letter from Richard M. Neustadt, Regional Director, Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, to Colonel Karl R. Bendetsen, Assistant Chief, Wartime Civil Control Administration, June 5, 1942; Report of the participation of the Federal Security Agency in the activities of the Wartime Civil Control Administration, June 5, 1942; U. S. Public Health Service District No. 5: Report of activities in the Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, June 2, 1942
Creator
Neustadt, Richard M United States. Public Health Service DeWitt, John L., 1880-1962
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Description
Cover page identifying the attached confidential report of the forced evacuation of Japanese Nationals and Japanese Americans from Military Area No. 1 into assembly camps beginning February 1st, 1942. Cover letter from Richard M. Neustadt regarding Colonel Bendetsen's request for a report on the activities of various divisions of the Federal Security Agency during the forced evacuation of Japanese Nationals and Japanese Americans from prohibited areas of the West Coast during World War II. Detailed report of the Federal Security Agency's participation in the final, forced evacuation of Japanese Nationals and Japanese American citizens from the West Coast military zone, 1942. Additional chapters include: reports from the U. S. Public Health Service, the United States Employment Service, and the Bureau of Public Assistance. Addendums: manuals of instruction, statistical, and fiscal reports. Handwritten annotation at the top of first page reads: Please Return To: Dr. Charles F. Blankenship. 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--'Enemy Alien' Classification World War II--Mass Removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--'Evacuation Day World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Administration--Western Defense Command World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Medical care and health issues World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living conditions World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Social and recreational activities World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Education World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Food World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Housing World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs World War II--Economic losses World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community Geographic communities--California--Fresno Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Industry and employment--Labor brokering Industry and employment--Medicine Community activities--Recreational activities Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Children Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Women Identity and values--Old people
Place
San Francisco, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Centers--Owens Valley Incarceration Camps--Manzanar Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno Temporary Assembly Centers--Pomona
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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