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Description
Photograph shows a Japanese man being instructed as to his rights under military order by an assistant Provost Marshal in Visalia, California Control Station. Caption on album page: "Representatives of the Provost Marshal's office were assigned to all of the control stations and served as liaison between the Army and the civilian personnel in instructing evacuees as to their rights under the military orders and time and place of departure for the Assembly Centers. Photo shows a typical scene before an assistant Provost Marshal's desk in the Visalia, California, Control Station, July 28, 1942."SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-3377-PSF. 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
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 8 x 10 in. image/jpeg
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