· Western Defense Command
Mass Exclusion Orders Rescinded
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The Army issued Public Proclamation 21, rescinding the mass exclusion orders effective Jan 2, 1945, and allowing most Japanese Americans to return to the West Coast-announced the day before the Supreme Court's Korematsu and Endo rulings. (Shares Dec 17 with the 1943 Magnuson Act.)
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Sources
- encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Return_to_West_Coast/
- home.nps.gov home.nps.gov/articles/000/timeline-japanese-americans-during-world-war-ii.htm