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Memo from Delos Emmons to John J. McCloy (ddr-densho-67-45)
doc Memo from Delos Emmons to John J. McCloy (ddr-densho-67-45)
Memorandum from Delos Emmons, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, to John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, regarding a previous report on the Japanese in Hawaii. In this memo, Emmons refutes much of the information in the report. He dispels many of the rumors about the Hawaiian Japanese and admonishes the author of the report for being …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-45/
Two messages to General Emmons from John McCloy (ddr-densho-67-52)
doc Two messages to General Emmons from John McCloy (ddr-densho-67-52)
Two messages to General Emmons from John McCloy requesting information on the 400 evacuated Japanese. Very concerned with whether Hawaiian Japanese should be isolated or permitted contact with mainland Japanese. Indicates a belief that Hawaiian Japanese will infect mainland Japanese. McCloy also asks Emmons if he can stop evacuation without compromising security. Evacuated Japanese prove to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-52/
Correspondence of John J. McCloy and Angus Macbeth (ddr-densho-1007-1864)
doc Correspondence of John J. McCloy and Angus Macbeth (ddr-densho-1007-1864)
This collection of McCloy's correspondence relates to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as well as debates over Japanese American incarceration and redress. The material dates between 1943-1944 and 1975-1982. To learn more about McCloy, who is criticized for his role in the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, see …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1864/
Memo to John McCloy from Chief of Staff W.H. Wilbur (ddr-densho-67-79)
doc Memo to John McCloy from Chief of Staff W.H. Wilbur (ddr-densho-67-79)
Memo to John McCloy from Chief of Staff W.H. Wilbur on the limitations of Executive Order 9066. States that 5,000 Japanese Americans are considered disloyal and dangerous to the U.S., and that detaining these disloyals is not possible under Executive Order 9066 and if carried out would interfere with the "normal civil rights of American citizens." …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-79/
Coram Nobis Exhibit CC (ddr-densho-405-31)
doc Coram Nobis Exhibit CC (ddr-densho-405-31)
Memo regarding changes to a footnote dealing with Korematsu v. United States and the "Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942." This document was Exhibit CC in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-31/
Memo from Dillon S. Myer to John J. McCloy (ddr-densho-67-62)
doc Memo from Dillon S. Myer to John J. McCloy (ddr-densho-67-62)
Memo from Dillon S. Myer to John J. McCloy on Hawaiian-Japanese evacuees. Asks McCloy to inform General Emmons to stop evacuation to the mainland. Describes situation at Jerome where Hawaiian Japanese have been difficult -- unwilling to work, answering "no" on the loyalty questionnaire. Also, there are no additional resources to provide the evacuees. Myer suggests …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-62/
Letter to John McCloy from Lt. General J.L. DeWitt (ddr-densho-122-858)
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/
Letter to Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki from James Rowe (ddr-densho-1007-1854)
doc Letter to Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki from James Rowe (ddr-densho-1007-1854)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1854/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 1 (July 6, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-27)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 1 (July 6, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-27)
Selected article titles: "Heroes' Welcome Given 442nd on Return. New York Goes All Out for Nisei Vets" (p. 1), "Army Officers Praise 442nd In Welcoming Ceremony. John McCloy Tells of Formation of Nisei Unit Against Opposition" (p. 1), "Note Important Role of Nisei In Occupation. Army Intelligence Began Use of Nisei During Bataan Battle" (p. 8).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-27/
American Concentration Camps VOLUME 4 April, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-4)
doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 4 April, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-4)
Volume 4 divides into three sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 contains archival documents from April 1942 about the growing opposition of western officials outside of the West Coast to having Japanese Americans moved to their localities. Section 2 contains the Federal government Surveys of Public Opinion dated …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-4/
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 137 (November 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-223)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 137 (November 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-223)
Selected article titles: "Veterans Before Returnees, Plea"; "'Preservers' Protest"; "Dormitory Completed"; "This Request Came Up a Little Too Late to Do Good"; "John J. McCloy Resigns"; "Sacramento Housing"; "Four Simple Rules"; "Gila Camp Closes Doors"; "Murder Suspect"; "Protests Rise"; "American Japanese Girls"; "Funeral Services Friday"; "60-Day Jail Sentence Was Given Tule Lake Resident"; "Schedule Church Events"; …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-148-223/
Repay U.S. Japanese (ddr-densho-1007-1866)
doc Repay U.S. Japanese (ddr-densho-1007-1866)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1866/
Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)
av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)
Nozawa discusses the mistreatment of the Nisei during Roosevelt's visit to Fort Riley, a complaint he wrote to John J. McCloy afterwards, being punished for writing the letter without permission, the differences between Kibei and US-educated Nisei, growing up in Japan, being drafted while in Santa Monica, and being court martialed. Loni Ding can be heard …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1714/
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
doc Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians "MAGIC" cables memorandum (ddr-densho-381-47)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-47/
Go for Broke 50th Reunion program (ddr-densho-368-712)
doc Go for Broke 50th Reunion program (ddr-densho-368-712)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-712/
11th Triennial Nisei Veterans Reunion Maui News supplement (ddr-densho-390-139)
doc 11th Triennial Nisei Veterans Reunion Maui News supplement (ddr-densho-390-139)
Articles on the 11th Nisei Veterans Reunion held in Maui, with a list of participants. Walter Matsuoka is listed on page 24 with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-139/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 83 (June 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-387)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 83 (June 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-387)
Selected article titles: "Regulations Clarified for Getting Radio Sets" (p. 1), "251 Honored: Second Group Receives Order of Merit Cards" (p. 1), "Use of Water Must be Reduced Still Further to Maintain Reserve" (p. 1), "Much 'Hysterical Nonsense' About Nisei Says Rowell" (p. 2), "Dust Storm Surprises Innocent Colonists" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-387/
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