Written in October 1942 to staff of the War Relocation Authority, this paper stresses the importance of understanding the cultural background of the Japanese Americans living in relocation centers. It describes common behavior patterns among the...
United States. War Relocation Authority; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs
Memorial address given September 11, 1944 by Rev. Shigeo Shimada at a memorial service for Private Nobuo Kajiwara, a 29-year-old Japanese American killed in action in Italy on July 11, 1944. The service was given at the Topaz Relocation Center...
Kajiwara, Nobuo, 1912-1944; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center; Japanese American soldiers; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese-American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Congressional hearings in Jan. and Feb. 1944 on several bills, H.R. 2701, 3012, 3446, and 3489, proposing (1) expatriation of Japanese-Americans who under oath expressed loyalty to Japan and (2) creation of a Japanese Deportation Commission. The...
Japanese Americans -- Law and legislation; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
In 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians was established to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation of American citizens and permanent resident aliens during World War II and "recommend...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority; Detention of persons -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights
Describes the background and nature of the U.S.'s program for relocating Japanese-Americans initiated in early 1943, a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority; Detention of persons -- United States
Executive Order 9066 laid the legal foundation for the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, the order authorized creation of military areas "from which any or all persons may be...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Report describes the War Relocation Program from its inception in 1942 to closure of relocation centers and resettlement of evacuees in 1945. It covers why and how the War Relocation Authority was created, the meeting with state governors in Salt...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority
This report examines how property owned by West Coast Japanese Americans in 1942 was handled when they were forced to go to relocation centers. Table of Contents: Legal Provisions for Controlling the Assets of Enemy Nationals in Time of War;...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Property; Farm ownership
Describes Japanese migration to the U.S. before World War II, characteristics of the Japanese-American people who settled on the West Coast, the myths and prejudices surrounding them, and how they were treated following the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
