World War II Japanese American Incarceration: Martial Law
鈥�For the duration of the war, the Territory of Hawai'i was placed under martial law and the military assumed all civilian government functions. In addition to identifying and processing enemy nationals and U.S. citizens with alleged subversive intent, the military government severely curtailed constitutional rights. This included registering individuals over the age of six, suspending the civilian criminal court, and compiling intelligence reports on many local residents. As the only area where significant numbers of Japanese Americans lived without barbed wire fences, records related to Hawai鈥檌 during the war provide insight into how the (Japanese emigrants and their descendants), along with other territorial residents, were subjected to restrictive measures under martial law.
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Records related to the Military Government of the Territory of Hawai鈥檌 are part of the U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (World War II) (Record Group 494).
Enemy Aliens and Internment
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (World War II) (Record Group 494)
Alien Processing Center
Internee Case Files, December 15, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Index to Persons, Places, and Subjects, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records of Dr. Jiro Yoshizawa, 1941鈥�1942 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records of Japanese Civilian Evacuation Transfer Units, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Evidence Submitted to the Internee Hearing Board in Certain Japanese Internment Cases, 1941 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Registers of Internee Mail, 1942鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Daily Record Books of the Sand Island Detention Camp, March 12, 1942鈥揇ecember 23, 1942 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records Relating to the Alien Internment Boards, 1941鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Lists of Names of Japanese Alien Internees, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Minutes of the Meetings of the Internee Review Board, June 1943鈥揝eptember 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Internee Release Forms, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Daily Reports Relating to Detainees and Internees, December 1941鈥揇ecember 1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
General Records, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Copies of Orders Releasing Internees from Parole, November 27, 1942鈥揙ctober 10, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Office of Internal Security. Hawaii District.
Paroled Internee Case Files, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Alien Registration Bureau (Selective Service Registration)
Index of Paroled Enemy Aliens, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Index of Aliens with Unreturned Morning Passes, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Index of Persons Interned in Detention Camps, 1943鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Index of Aliens with Temporary Resident Permits, 1943鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Card Indexes and Lists Relating to Residence or Occupation of Enemy Aliens, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Memorandums and Related Records Pertaining to Enemy Alien Temporary Gathering Permits, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records Relating to Enemy Alien Morning Passes, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records Relating to American Citizens and Aliens with Foreign Military Service, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Correspondence with the Office of Civilian Defense, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records Relating to Violations of Selective Service Laws, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Military Governor/Commander of the Military Area of Hawai'i
Correspondence Relating to the Transportation of Civilians to Hawai'i, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Index for Correspondence Related to Civilian Transportation, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Correspondence Relating to the Transportation of Japanese Americans to and from Hawai'i, November 1943鈥揝eptember 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Correspondence Relating to Evacuation of Civilians from Hawai'i, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Lists of Civilian Processed by the San Francisco Office, November 1944鈥揓uly 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Reading Files, January 1945鈥揂ugust 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Reading Files of Robert C. Richardson, June 1, 1943鈥揙ctober 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Reading Files of Delos C. Emmons, December 7, 1941鈥揓une 2, 1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Executive Section
Includes records related to citizen and alien registration, investigations on subversion by persons of Japanese descent, and internees, among other topics:
- Records Relating to General Orders, 1941鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- General Orders, December 11, 1941鈥揘ovember 2, 1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Daily Reports of Investigations, November 1944鈥揙ctober 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- General Records, 1942鈥�1950 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Classified Correspondence and Related Records, 1941鈥�1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- General Correspondence, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Correspondence and Related Records, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Office of the Property Comptroller
Records relate to property confiscated.
- Internee Property Case Files, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Records Relating to Funds Belonging to Internees, 1943鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Correspondence and Receipts Relating to Japanese Mission Property, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Records Concerning the Signal Office Relating to Surrendered or Impounded Radio Equipment, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Records Related to Claims for Surrendered Radios, Camera Equipment, and Other Personal Property, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
- Records Pertaining to the Release of Surrendered or Impounded Firearms and Ammunition, 1943鈥�1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
General Records, 1943鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Records relate to surrendered or impounded personal property.
Other Military Government Functions
Records related to other military government activities over the civilian population, other than internment and monitoring enemy aliens.
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (World War II) (Record Group 494)
Central Identification Bureau
Lists of Persons Classified 1A by Selective Service, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Records Relating to Persons Considered Undesirable Employees, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Office of the District Engineer
General Records Relating to the Third Field Area, 1941鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Inspector General
Reports, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Reports of Investigations, 1939鈥�1941 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Provost Court
Lists of Japanese and Army Curfew Cases, 1942鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Diary of Continued Cases, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Summons and Related Records of Provost Court Cases, 1942 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Orders Relating to Sentences of Provost Court Cases, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Provost Court Case Files of Persons Formerly on Probation, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Provost Court Case Files, 1942鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Adjutant General
Correspondence Pertaining to Soldiers of Japanese Extraction, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): This series consists of correspondence pertaining to Japanese Nisei citizens who enlisted in the military.
For additional records from the Adjutant General鈥檚 office, here are the from the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog.
Censorship Section
Index to Persons and Subjects Relating to Censorship, 1944鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Copies of Commercial Cables Sent, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
General Records Relating to Policies and Procedures, 1944鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Copies of Commercial Cables Sent and Received, April 1945鈥揂ugust 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Correspondence, Reports, and Related Records Pertaining to Condemned Mail, April 1945鈥揂ugust 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
General Correspondence, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Training Manuals and Procedure Handbooks, 1944鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Executive Section
Maps of Honolulu and Blueprints of Air Raid Shelters and Buildings, December 7, 1941鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Proclamations, Press Releases, Executive Orders, and Regulations Relating to the Office of the Military Governor, December 7, 1941鈥揓uly 24, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Special Orders, October 24, 1944鈥揙ctober 23, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Security Orders and Related Records, October 24, 1944鈥揂ugust 16, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Reading Files of the Executive to the Military Governor of the Territory of Hawai鈥檌, Brig. Gen. William R. C. Morrison, April 1, 1943鈥揙ctober 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ) and Register (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
Office of Internal Security. Hawaii District.
Subject Files, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Includes records related to the Morale Division that had evolved from the pre-war interracial advisory group. This committee served as an intermediary between the Army and local residents.
Civilian Evacuation Plans, 1942 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ).
For additional records from the Office of Internal Security, here are the from the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog.