Editing War Relocation Authority (section)

{{short description|U.S. government agency created to intern Japanese Americans during WWII}}
[[File:WarRelocationMap.jpg|thumb|The War Relocation Authority operated ten Japanese-American internment camps in remote areas of the United States during World War II.]]
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The '''War Relocation Authority''' ('''WRA''') was a United States [[government agency]] established to handle the [[internment of Japanese Americans]] during [[World War II]].  It also operated the [[Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter]] in [[Oswego, New York]], which was the only refugee camp set up in the United States for refugees from Europe.<ref>Marks, Edward B. [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031930392;view=1up;seq=5 "Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter."] (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority; 1946.)</ref> The agency was created by [[Executive Order 9102]] on March 18, 1942, by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and was terminated June 26, 1946, by order of President [[Harry S. Truman]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Starr, Kevin.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59360288|title=California : a history|date=2005|publisher=Modern Library|isbn=0-679-64240-4|edition=1st |location=New York|oclc=59360288}}</ref>