Lot 893
[U.S. Army] Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41. Large original broadside titled "NOTICE. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California, May 5, 1942," 22 x 14". Signed in type by J.L. DeWitt, Lt. Gen., U.S. Army Commanding. Military public notice listing the four major points of the Order, including that "all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien, be excluded from the Military Area" in San Francisco, or "be liable to criminal penalties… and subject to immediate apprehension and internment." Some toning and dampstaining, else very good.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed local military commanders to designate "military areas" as "exclusion zones," from which "any or all persons may be excluded." This resulted in the removal of all people of Japanese ancestry from the entire Pacific coast, including all of California and most of Oregon and Washington. Over 110,000 ethnic Japanese, 62% of them American citizens, were removed to internment camps located in seven western states.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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