The War Relocation Authority and the Wounding of Japanese American Loyalty.

The article discusses on Jim Terry, legal adviser of federal War Relocation Authority (WRA), the agency setting up the Japanese American camps at Gila River War Relocation Center; and his correspondence with the headquarters of the War Relocation Authority between 1942 and 1945. Topics discussed inc...

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Publicado en:Social Research Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 821 - 840
Autor principal: Muller, Eric L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Fall2019
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Sumario:The article discusses on Jim Terry, legal adviser of federal War Relocation Authority (WRA), the agency setting up the Japanese American camps at Gila River War Relocation Center; and his correspondence with the headquarters of the War Relocation Authority between 1942 and 1945. Topics discussed include information on Terry work to interpret the questionnaire then U.S. government developed for adjudging the loyalties of Japanese American prisoner towards the U.S.; information on conference in Denver, Colorado, in which Terry concluded that only small percentage of camps felt an authentic loyalty; and his correspondence with Sansei Kira Elmer.