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Description
Statement from War Relocation Authority Director D.S. [Dillon Seymour] Myer on the closing of incarceration camps by January 2, 1946. Statement informs public that camps will be closed other than Tule Lake Segregation camp, camps may be closed earlier with 3 months advanced notice to incarcerees, justification for releasing the incarcerees into communities including being cut out of American life and being the target of racism and hostility if they continue to stay, information about resettlement assistance, the early closure of incarceration camp schools, and limiting visits to the camps. 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
Government records 4 pages, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement Identity and values--Japanese American identity Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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