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doc Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry (ddr-densho-381-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-1/

doc Memo from John Dewitt (ddr-densho-122-897)

Re: Draft proposal for the Military utilisation of United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-897/

doc Travel Permit (ddr-densho-356-736)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's travel permit to travel between Livingston and Modesto on May 1, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-736/

doc C.E. Order 40 (ddr-densho-430-96)

Instructions to all persons of Japanese Ancestry residing in Seattle, Washington between Madison Street and Yesler Street, and between 5th Avenue and 15th Avenue.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-96/

doc Civilian Exclusion Order No. 51 (ddr-densho-356-737)

Pamphlet of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 51, includes a map of the prohibited area in California that was being evacuated on May 13, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-737/

doc Letter from John McCloy to General DeWitt (ddr-densho-122-885)

Re: internees with G-2 classification

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-885/

doc Letter to John McCloy from Lt. General J.L. DeWitt (ddr-densho-122-858)

Summary of intelligence report of individuals considered for segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-858/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 47 (April 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-83)

Selected article titles: "Naturalization Campaign Opens" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers: Free Movement. Western Defense Command Open" (p. 1), "J.L. Dewitt Upsets Evacuee Return to West Coast Plan" (p. 1), "Editorial: Who Will Your Decision Hurt?" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-83/

doc Letter by John L. DeWitt: "Separation of Kibei from Nisei" (ddr-densho-67-28)

Letter written by J.L. DeWitt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Urges segregation of the Kibei and Issei from the Nisei in the concentration camps, citing deteriorating morale in the camps and influence of "disloyal" sentiment.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-28/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (ddr-one-3-13)

Letter to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (the letter is unsigned) asking for an exemption from Executive order 9066 for Miyuki "Kay" Kida. For response see ddr-one-3-14.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-13/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from J.A. "Al" Johnson (ddr-one-3-12)

Copy of a letter sent to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt by J. A. "Al" Johnson. Asks for an exemption for the Kida family from Executive Order 9066 and attests to their loyalty to the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-12/

doc Guide to Relocation (ddr-densho-390-147)

A guide for detainees "to supply essential information... in working out their relocation plans." Also included is a transcription of a speech by James G. Lindley, a list of relocation offices, and a map with detainee relocation destinations.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-147/

doc Memo from James Fly to Francis Biddle (ddr-densho-67-77)

Memo from James Fly to Francis Biddle on the incompetence of the Army's Intelligence division. Fly informs Biddle that all of the Army's reports on illegal radio signaling were false. Suggests that the Army's Radio Intelligence Division was so inept that they consistently misinterpreted data, which was unquestioned by J.L. DeWitt. Calls the entire division "pathetic" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-77/

img Posted exclusion orders (ddr-densho-151-77)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. On a brick wall beside air raid shelter poster, exclusion orders were posted at First and Front Streets directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation. The order was issued April 1, 1942, by Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt, and directed evacuation …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-77/

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