Title:
Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter, 1946
Alternative Title:
Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter
Creator:
United States. War Relocation Authority
Creator:
United States. Department of the Interior
Subject:
Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego, N.Y.)
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Description:
Report describes the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York where 1,000 refugees of various European nationalities were brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in 1944; they were to be returned to their homelands after the War. This temporary action sought to further long-range rescue objectives of the War Refugee Board, relieve overtaxed Allied supply liines in Italy, and, lastly, assist the people involved (although this was not one of the major concerns at first). The vast majority of the refugees were fearful of returning to Europe and did not wish to go back. It took 18 months, a Congressional investigation, an administrative inquiry by three government departments, and finally action by the President himself before people were allowed to leave the camp. Most of them settled in the U.S. in 21 different states. The report describes the transport of the refugees to the U.S., their existence at the camp, a chronology, etc.
Publisher:
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library; United States. War Relocation Authority; United States. Department of the Interior
Date:
1946
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Medium:
administrative reports
Identifier:
GOVI52p2cR25-1946.pdf
Identifier:
ark:/85142/t4690104220946
Identifier:
http://n2t.net/ark:/85142/t4690104220946
Citation:
United States. War Relocation Authority (1946). Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter, 1946 [Online Resource]. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, U.S. Government Documents, I 52.2:R 25 1946. USU Digital History Collection. Retrieved from: http://n2t.net/ark:/85142/t4690104220946
Source:
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, U.S. Government Documents, I 52.2:R 25 1946
Language:
eng
Digital History Collection:
Topaz Japanese American Relocation Center Digital Collection
Place:
Washington, D.C., Washington County, Washington, D.C., United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4140963/
Place:
Fort Ontario (historical), Oswego, Oswego County, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5117693/
Time Period:
20th century
Time Period:
1940-1949
Rights Statement URI:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights Statement:
No Copyright - United States
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