February 19, 1942 · Typed executive order, page 1
Executive Order 9066
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States
Why it matters
The order does not name Japanese ancestry, but its broad authority supplied the legal mechanism for military exclusion orders that produced forced removal and incarceration.
- Publication
- Executive Order 9066
- Holding institution
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Shelfmark
- NAID 5730250; Record Group 11
Citation
Executive Order 9066, February 19, 1942. General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11. U.S. National Archives, NAID 5730250.
