Name: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast: Final Report

Barcode: 58563

Image Number: 58563

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58563.0001

Brief Description: A 1943 U.S. government report detailing the enforced internment of west-coast Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Japanese internment began in February, 1942, two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Executive Order 9066 signed by President Roosevelt forcibly committed innocent Japanese-Americans to isolated internment camps in rural California, Utah and other midwestern states. Conditions were inadequate, overcrowding and unsanitary also lacking education and medical care. In 1945 the Supreme Court declared the internments illegal. A final report submitted by General J.L. DeWitt in April, 1942 utilized maps, photographs and other visuals to justify the internments. The report was later revised for court cases regarding the internments.

Publishing Location: Washington, D.C.

Author: DeWitt, John L.

Publisher: United States Government Printing Office,

Date Produced: 1943

Date Published: 1943

Language: English

Dimensions: Cover: H 23.5 X W 15.7 cm, Pages: H 22.8 X W 14.8 cm

Physical Description: xxiii, 618 pages : illustrations, maps (some color, some folded), plans

Historical Context: When Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was bombed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into World War II. Japanese-Americans were rounded up and interned in isolated camps for the duration of the war although most camps continued to operate until April of 1946.

LC Call Number: D769.8.A6 A37 1942

OCLC: 1038135908