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Minidoka Internment National Monument National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 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.