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Wada, Fred, 58 , 107

Wakasa, James Hatsuaki, 119 , 136 -47

Walker, Roger, 93 -94

War Relocation Authority, xvii , xviii , xix , 24 ;

on management of evacuee property, 56 ;

construction of Topaz, 92 -109;

and resettlement policy, 113 ;

and people who relocated, 117 ;

on education at Topaz, 120 ;

wage policy of, 125 ;

on Nikkei self-government, 133 -34;

and Wakasa killing, 137 -41, 146 ;

and registration controversy, 148 ;

and running camp as internees departed, 165 -66, 204 , 214 ;

and Selective Service, 173 ;

on health care situation, 179 -80;

and pipeline repair, 191 ;

and malaise at Topaz, 199 ;

termination of, 202 ;

and preparations for camp closure, 206 , 216 -218;

and vocational training for those resettling, 208 -9;

transporting Nikkei to West Coast, 214 ;

and housing for San

Francisco residents, 221 ;

and records of camps, 227 ;

postwar activities on West Coast, 267 ;

and jobs for returning Nikkei, 278 ;

"Final Report" of, 290 n. 11

Warren, Earl, 228 , 271

Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA): formed, 49 ;

storage of Nikkei goods, 51 ;

establishment of assembly centers, 60 ;

and evacuation of San Francisco Bay Area, 62 ;

and running of Tanforan, 68 , 77 ;

on self-government at Tanforan, 79 ;

on Topaz, 110

Washington township, 38 , 55

Watanabe, Warren, 119

Waterfront Employers Association, 272

Watson, Brandon, 103

WCCA. See Wartime Civil Control Administration

Weglyn, Michi, xvii , 135 , 144 , 148

Welcome to Topaz , 103 -4

Western Defense Command, 46 , 85 , 268

Westtown School, Pennsylvania, 256

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (later WAC), 151 -52

WRA. See War Relocation Authority