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Title
[Wartime Civil Control Administration press release describing Japanese populations in the military area]
Creator
United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-20
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
A press release updating the beginning of the forced removal of people of Japanese ancestry from the military zone. The press release lists the number of people affected by the exclusion orders issued by Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt. The numbers are broken down by state and includes German and Italian nationals.
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.
Type
text
Format
Press releases
1 page, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0752
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/7266
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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