War Relocation Authority

The War Relocation Authority operated ten Japanese-American internment camps in remote areas of the United States during World War II.

The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was a United States government agency established to handle the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It also operated the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York, which was the only refugee camp set up in the United States for refugees from Europe.[1] The agency was created by Executive Order 9102 on March 18, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was terminated June 26, 1946, by order of President Harry S. Truman.[2]

  1. ^ Marks, Edward B. "Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter." (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority; 1946.)
  2. ^ Starr, Kevin. (2005). California : a history (1st ed.). New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-679-64240-4. OCLC 59360288.