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Description
Color-coded map shows regions in Military Areas I and II where Japanese American residents were evacuated to the corresponding ten Incarceration Camps. Also included are the evacuation orders for each region and more detailed views of major metropolitan areas: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. Explanatory note: This is number III of a series of three maps. 10 permanent relocation centers were constructed by the army in 7 states. The color scheme is designed to show the ultimate relocation center destination of each evacuee population group moved from the exclusion areas outlined above. Each relocation center has been assigned a distinctive color. So far as sound logistics permitted, the controlling consideration in the development and execution of the plan of movement to ultimate destination were: character of population; community balance; preservation of community and family units. 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.
Geographic communities--Washington Geographic communities--California Geographic communities--Oregon Geographic communities--Arizona Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws
Place
California Arizona Oregon Washington
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
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