[Memorandum of understanding as to functions of military police units at the relocation centers and areas administered by the War Relocation Authority]
Creator
Publisher Fryer, E.R.: author Bendetsen, Karl R.: author
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Description
Defines and describes various terms, activities, and functions related to the Japanese American incarceration, especially in regards to military involvement and the security of the camp, including the military police, project director, and civilian police. Document notes objection to referring to the incarceration camps as "concentration camps" and the difference between "internment camps" and "relocation centers". 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.
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Security World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Decision to incarcerate World War II--Military service
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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