Citizen's Indefinite Leave
date: label: date made
content: 1943-04-15
name: label: maker
content: American Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description
content: This small document was issued by the War Relocation Authority. It's a Citizen's Indefinite Leave card, and it allowed James Watanabe to leave the Minidoka War Relocation Center for an indefinite amount of time. He was able to travel, but he wasn't allowed to enter certain prohibited areas of the Western Defense Command. The Western Defense Command controlled the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Alaska until the Alaskan Defense Command was created in November of 1943. He was required to be in possession of this card at all times in case others became suspicious. But by carrying this card he was allowed some freedoms, including the opportunity to be outside of camp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Idaho, Minidoka
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Barbara Watanabe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0086.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0086
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0086.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: i.d. card
label: Object Name
content: document
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm