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Western Defense Command Residence Control for Japanese, German and Italian aliens and persons of Japanese ancestry: instructions to postmasters of Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington

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Title: Western Defense Command Residence Control for Japanese, German and Italian aliens and persons of Japanese ancestry: instructions to postmasters of Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
Creator: United States. Post Office Department: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: The postmasters at all offices are to act as residence-control reporting agents. American-born Japanese and aliens are required to obtain a Change of Residence Report Card.
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: Pamphlets
3 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: sjs_fla_0998
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/12259
Language: English
Subject: Community activities--Travel
Identity and values--Japanese American identity
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws
Place: Washinton, D.C
Source: San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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