Description
Orders, reports, memoranda, proclamations, press releases, statistics, charts, and correspondence, relating to the evacuation
of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II, and to relocation of displaced persons
in Europe at the end of the war.
Background
A Lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, Moffitt was the executive officer of the Wartime Civil Control Administration
from 1941 to 1943.
The Wartime Civil Control Administration, which operated under the Western Defense Command of the United States Army, provided
for the evacuation and temporary resettlement of Japanese and Japanese-Americans in areas of the Pacific coast during World
War II. The department oversaw all aspects of the evacuation operations, including assembly centers, transportation, and the
transfer of evacuees to the jurisdiction of the War Relocation Authority, which was responsible for the relocation, maintenance,
and supervision of evacuees and operated the internment camps.
Extent
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(5.0 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.