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Description
Medical examinations and inoculations were required for all incarcerated people before entering the assembly centers and incarceration camps. This record cover listed a patient's name, the hospital number, and the individual's number. 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.
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Medical care and health issues World War II--Incarceration camps--Medical care and health issues World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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