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| Establishing the War Relocation Authority in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties | |
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| Type | Executive order |
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| Executive Order number | 9102 |
| Signed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 18, 1942 |
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| Establishes the War Relocation Authority | |
Executive Order 9102 is a United States presidential executive order creating the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the US civilian agency responsible for the forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The executive order was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 18, 1942, and it officially expired on June 30, 1946. The Director reported directly to the president of the United States. Revealingly, like his Executive Order 9066, Roosevelt did not specifically mention or specify Japanese Americans in the entire text describing them with the euphemism "persons whose removal is necessary." By contrast, the numerous exclusion orders signed by General John L. DeWitt avoided any euphemisms and made clear that those to be removed were "persons of Japanese ancestry." [1]
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