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Description
Article describes self-sustaining incarceration camps and the incarcerees farming successes. 41 million pounds of vegetables were produced in the ten centers in 1943 and incarcerees produced about 1 million lbs of dressed pork. This production is meant to feed all the incarcerees, in addition, incarcerees have been sent to work in farm communities throughout the U.S. to fill shortages during the war. 8 out of the 10 camps are self-sustaining and article mentions camps that cannot grow their own produce are provided food based on wartime rationing. 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--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs Journalism and media--Mass media Industry and employment--Agriculture
Place
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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