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Title
[Western Defense Command and Fourth Army press release regarding reception centers and evacuation]
Creator
United States. Army. Western Defense Command: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-05
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 from Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, describing plans to construct assembly centers for the forced removal of Japanese Americans and Japanese Nationals in the western states. The press release also informs readers that future proclamations and exclusion orders will be issued with more definitive information.
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_0761
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/7275
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Administration
World War II
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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