The U.S. Army Rehabilitation Center located in Turlock, California, was open from 1942-1945 for the purpose of imprisoning and rehabilitating U.S. Army military found to be in violation of military regulations of the time. Carling Malouf was working on his doctorate in anthropology at Columbia University when he was called to military duty. Between 1942 and 1946, he served in Arizona, Utah, and in California at the Rehabilitation Center in Turlock. There he became the camp sociologist. He collected data about the prisoners, such as their family background, geographical characteristics (urban or rural), type of offense(s), race, and ethnicity.

1 Boxes Folders: "The Army needs men" by former librarian Bob Santos (2 copies) Letter to Lew Napton Notes on "The Army needs men." Rehabilitation at Turlock, manuscript Research journal by Andrea Linan (local history)