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Editorial article reprinted by the War Relocation Authority from the column "The Lake Breezes Whisper" featured in "The Fairmont Daily Sentinel," Minnesota. About author's positive experience with Nisei soldiers studying to be interpreters at the Army Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota and local soldiers getting to know them. Soldiers discuss Japanese American heroics during war, especially on the Italian front. 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--Stereotypes World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community Identity and values--Nisei Journalism and media--Mass media
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