index
Agricultural labor, 22, 31, 155 (n. 7), 156
(n. 17)
‘‘All out’’ relocation strategy, 32, 33, 54
Amache Relocation Center, 23 (ill.), 34
(ill.)
American Protective League, 136
American Revolution, 135
Arabs, prejudice against, 146–47
Arizona: military zone in, 17; relocation
centers in, 22; isolation camp in, 157
(n. 30). See also Gila River Relocation
Center; Poston Relocation Center
Arkansas, relocation centers in, 22
Army Intelligence (G-2), 18, 34, 40
Army Service Commands, 42
Arnold, Stanley, 67
Assembly centers, 21
Austin, Allan W., 150 (n. 7)
Baba, Masaru, 110, 113, 116
Bendetsen, Karl, 33, 154 (n. 12)
Bernhard, Edgar, 167 (n. 11)
Biddle, Francis, 56, 90, 112
‘‘Black’’ category, 49, 50, 51
Bonesteel, Charles H.: becomes Western
Defense Command commander, 91;
McCloy’s letter to on ending mass
exclusion, 91–92; on ending mass
exclusion, 92–96, 111, 124; photo-
graph of, 92 (ill.); lawsuit against,
93, 110, 122–33, 169 (n. 22); meeting
with Roosevelt about mass exclu-
sion, 93–94; individual exclusion
supported by, 94–96; loyalty screen-
ing program of, 95; reassigned to
other duty, 97; and Washburne’s loy-
alty assessment proposal, 100, 102;
policy statement of August 8, 1944,
102–3, 125; revised policy statement
of September 8, 1944, 103, 121, 125;
Ochikubo rejected for return by, 113,
115, 122; Shiramizu and Baba
allowed to return to West Coast by,
116
‘‘Brown’’ category, 49, 50, 51–52, 65
Buddhism: Americanizing e√ect of
Christianity on, 10; in Dedrick’s
point system, 47; in Dedrick’s color-
coding system, 49–50, 51; and
Young Men’s Buddhist Association,
70, 71; in War Relocation Authority
point system, 76, 77; of Ochikubo,
108
Burling, John L., 112–13, 114–15, 116,
126–27
Byrnes, James, 85
CAD. See Civil A√airs Division (Western
Defense Command)
California: Japanese American popula-
tion of in 1941, 9; Los Angeles, 63;
designated military zone, 17; reloca-
tion centers in, 22; Manzanar Relo-
cation Center in, 26, 31, 38; ending
mass exclusion opposed in, 89; Mar-
shall fears violence if mass exclusion
is ended in, 89–90; Roosevelt con-
cerned about reaction to ending