Memorandum for the Assistant Secretary of War from the Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War dated March 16, 1943

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1943-03-16

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Memorandum to Mr. McCloy with urgent matters related to the "Japanese problem" which should be handled. Discusses five areas: the War Department's organizing of a Japanese American combat team and a number of problems that have arisen in connection to opposition in the war relocation centers, poor recruitment, inconsistent policies, etc.; a change in boundary of the Western Defense Command; the Japanese American combat team in training at Camp Shelby; reinstitution of the selective service (draft) for Japanese American males; voluntary induction of Japanese females into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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memorandum, Assistant Secretary of War, Japanese American soldiers, volunteers, United States. Army. Western Defense Command, war relocation centers

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5 pages

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