Mass exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry along West Coast to end, announced 70 years ago today (Dec 17 1944)


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(Sunday, December 17, 1944; during the Internment of Japanese Americans of World War II) — Mass exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry from West Coast States was ended today by Maj. Gen. H. Conger Pratt, Western commander, in a proclamation effective on Jan. 2, 1945.

On that date, the 30-month exile of more than 100,000 men, women and children from their old homes in Washington, Oregon and California will cease.