John L. DeWitt Military person
John Lesesne DeWitt (January 9, 1880-June 20, 1962) was a general in the United States Army, best known for his vocal support of the internment of Japanese-Americans and his role supervising the combat operations in the Aleutian Islands, some of which had been invaded by Japanese forces during World War II.General DeWitt believed that Japanese and Japanese Americans in California, Oregon, and Washington could be conspiring against the American war effort, and recommended they be removed from coastal areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, and issued Executive Order 9066, which directed the forced removal of men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to federal internment camps. Dewitt issued military proclamations to carry out the order, incarcerating 110,000 Japanese men, women and children, 62% of whom were American-born citizens.
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| award | |
|---|---|
| military operations | |
| military command | Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army; Commandant of the Army War College; Fourth U.S. Army Commanding General; Western Defense Command Commanding General; Commandant of the Army and Navy Staff College |
| service start | 1898 |
| service end | 1947 |