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Title
[Memo from Colonel Karl R. Bendetsen, Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Affairs Division, regarding information about military area and zones]
Creator
Bendetsen, Karl R.: author
Civil Affairs Division: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-04-08
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
The military areas and zones were expected to be revised as time went on. This memo from Karl R. Bendetsen, Civil Affairs Division, instructs that information related to the possible revisions to military areas be delivered Captain Truman R. Young.
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
Memorandum
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0697
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/7214
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Administration
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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