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A press release from the Wartime Civil Control Administration announcing the acquisition of property for eight new assembly centers. Officially announced by Colonel Karl Bendetsen, Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Affairs Division, the assembly center sites were procured for Marysville, Sacramento, Stockton, Turlock, Merced, Fresno, Pinedale, and Tulare. 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--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Construction
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