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Subtitle: the story of America's war refugee shelter.
By: United States Department of the Interior, J. A. Krug, secretary, War Relocation Authority, D. S. Myer, director.
Contributors: Marks, Edward B.
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Fort Ontario, N.Y. Emergency refugee shelter; World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
Description: The story of the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, is the story of 1,000 refugees of assorted European nationalities brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in the war year 1944. They lived for 18 months on the shores of Lake Ontario in an abandoned Army camp administered by the War Relocation Authority. At the end of that period, the shelter was closed.
Notes: "Prepared by Edward B. Marks, jr."--p. 3.