One of the military¹s largest undertakings during WWII was the mass evacuation of people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast of the United States. This stretched from Washington to Oregon and down to southern California. The decision to evacuate the Japanese was one made at the highest level‹by the President of the United States, who was acting as Commander in Chief.[3 pp.6] What military plans and recommend- ations lay behind this decision? …showed first 75 words of 3592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3592 total…have been the same in the light of the present knowledge? Considering the evidence now available‹the reasonable deductions seem to be that Gen. DeWitt¹s recommendation of February 13, 1942 was not used in drafting the War Department directives for a mass evacuation of the Japanese people, and that the only responsible commander who backed the War Department¹s plan as a measure required by military necessity was the President himself, as Commander in Chief. [6 pp.42]