US Army Map Entitled "Assembly Center Sites"

Description:

After the “evacuation” of the Japanese-Americans was complete, the Office of the Commanding General of the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army submitted a lengthy final report. It listed in detail the considerations that led to the “evacuation,” as well as the logistics of its accomplishment. The so-called “Assembly Centers” were established as temporary facilities while the permanent Relocation Centers” were being prepared. The map shows the general location of each Assembly Center, its maximum population, and the period of occupancy.

Attribution:

United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. Final Report, Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Facsimile.Source: “Sites in the western U.S. associated with the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.” In: Burton, J., M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord. Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites.

Date:

1943