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Executive Order 9066
EXECUTIVE ORDER
------AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO PRESCRIBE
MILITARY AREAS
WHEREAS the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and
against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in
Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the
Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104);
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander
in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders
whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action
necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate
Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the
right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or
the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to
provide for residents of any such area who are excluded therefrom, such transportation, food, shelter, and other
accommodations as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the said Military Commander, and
until other arrangements are made, to accomplish the purpose of this order. The designation of military areas in
any region or locality shall supersede designations of prohibited and restricted areas by the Attorney General
under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, and shall supersede the responsibility and authority of the
Attorney General under the said Proclamations in respect of such prohibited and restricted areas.
I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such
other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the
restrictions applicable to each Military area hereinabove authorized to be designated, including the use of Federal
troops and other Federal Agencies, with authority to accept assistance of state and local agencies.
I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other
Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive
Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and
other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services.
This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under
Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and
responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or
the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of
December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty
and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas here under.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House,
February 19, 1942
10 Camps, 120,000 Lives
FROM
90,491
WCCA ASSEMBLY
CENTERS
17,915
DIRECT
EVACUATION
5,981
BIRTHS
THE EVACUATED PEOPLE
120,313
WRA CUSTODY
(Includes 757 institutionalized
cases and 753 seasonal workers
released by the WCCA who were never
assigned to nor inducted into a
WRA Center.)
TO
54,127
RELOCATED TO WEST
COAST EVACUATED
AREA
52,798
RELOCATED TO
OTHER SECTIONS OF
U.S. AND HAWAII
4,724
TO JAPAN
1,735
3,121
DEPT. OF JUSTICE
INTERNMENT AND
DETENTION CAMPS
DEPT. OF JUSTICE
INTERNMENT INCL.
FAMILY MEMBERS
1,579
SEASONAL WORKERS
2,355
U.S. ARMED FORCES
(Released by WCCA)
1,275
1,862
INSTITUTIONS
DECEASED
1,118
1,322
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
INSTITUTIONS
219
VOLUNTARY
RESIDENTS
Historic War Relocation Authority (WRA) Figures from
The Evacuated People: A Quantitative Description.
U.S. Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946.