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Assistant WRA Director Robert B. Cozzens speech to Methodist Conference primarily on Japanese Americans leaving incarceration camps and general policies and history of the WRA. States that it is necessary to begin the resettlement process, specifically the WRA's assistance in helping incarcerees to resettle outside the west coast, and all incarcerees who were eligible to leave the camps were cleared by the army. Cozzens addresses discrimination from community members by citing the Fourteenth Amendment and the WRA's resolution to uphold it. Also mentions Japanese Americans in the armed service and their distinguished military records, citing many examples including serviceman Private First Class Hoshinoa Omiya who was blinded in the war and received extensive media coverage. Mentions WRA film "Challenge to Democracy" and addresses criticisms that the portrayal of life in the camp is not accurate to the "drab side" of incarcerated life. Justifies the WRA camps compared to Japanese prisoner of war camps in the Pacific. 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.
Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Propaganda--Media propaganda World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Incarceration camps--Security World War II--Leaving camp--Work leave World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion World War II--Administration--Registration and 'loyalty questionnaire World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Decision to incarcerate
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San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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