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- Western_Defense_Command abstract "Western Defense Command (WDC) was established on 17 March 1941 as the command formation of the U.S. Army responsible for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast region of the United States. A second major responsibility was the training of soldiers prior to their deployment overseas. The first Commanding General of WDC was Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, who continued on in command of the Fourth U.S. Army. WDC headquarters were co-located at the existing Fourth Army headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco. WDC's operational region covered the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Until 1 November 1943, Alaska Defense Command was controlled through WDC. On 14 February 1942, Western Defense Command sent a memorandum to Secretary of War Henry Stimson recommending that "Japanese and other subversive elements" be removed from the West Coast region. This led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9066 on 19 February, which gave U.S. military commanders the authority to designate "military areas" and to then exclude any or all people from them. On 2 March 1942 General DeWitt issued a proclamation that designated the western halves of Washington, Oregon and California, and the southern third of Arizona to be military areas from which Americans of Japanese ancestry would be excluded. (The exclusion zone would later be expanded to include the entire state of California.) Americans of German and Italian ancestry were also affected by restrictions and in some cases internment.From June 1942 to August 1943, WDC was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the Aleutian Islands Campaign, which succeeded in expelling Japanese forces from their toehold in North America on the islands of Attu and Kiska. The operation to re-capture Kiska Island, Operation Cottage, involved both U.S. troops and a brigade of Canadian troops from Pacific Command.Western Defense Command was disbanded on 6 March 1946.".
- Western_Defense_Command activeYearsEndYear "1946".
- Western_Defense_Command activeYearsStartYear "1941".
- Western_Defense_Command battle Aleutian_Islands_Campaign.
- Western_Defense_Command commander John_L._DeWitt.
- Western_Defense_Command garrison Presidio_of_San_Francisco.
- Western_Defense_Command role "Home Defense & Training".
- Western_Defense_Command secondCommander Delos_Carleton_Emmons.
- Western_Defense_Command thumbnail Western_Defense_Command_-_World_War_II_emblem.png?width=300.
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- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageRevisionID "617380201".
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Alaska_Defense_Command.
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- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Arizona.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Attu_Island.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean_Defense_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_Theater_of_World_War_II.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Category:Commands_of_the_United_States_Army.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1946.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1941.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_in_World_War_II.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Central_Defense_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Hartwell_Bonesteel,_Jr..
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Delos_C._Emmons.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Delos_Carleton_Emmons.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_Defense_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Executive_Order_9066.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Fourth_United_States_Army.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Franklin_D._Roosevelt.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Harold_R._Nichols.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Conger_Pratt.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Henry_L._Stimson.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Stimson.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Idaho.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Internment_of_Japanese_Americans.
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- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink John_L._DeWitt.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Stilwell.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_W._Stilwell.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Kiska.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_General.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_general.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Montana.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Nevada.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Cottage.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Oregon.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Command_(Canadian_Army).
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Presidio_of_San_Francisco.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Robert_H._Lewis.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Secretary_of_War.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Defense_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Secretary_of_War.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Southern_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Utah.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Washington_(U.S._state).
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink Washington_(state).
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink File:Posted_Japanese_American_Exclusion_Order.jpg.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLink File:Western_Defense_Command_-_World_War_II_emblem.png.
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLinkText "US western defense area".
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western Defense Command".
- Western_Defense_Command wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western".
- Western_Defense_Command battles Aleutian_Islands_Campaign.
- Western_Defense_Command branch "Army".
- Western_Defense_Command caption "Emblem of the Western Defense Command".
- Western_Defense_Command commander Delos_C._Emmons.
- Western_Defense_Command commander Delos_Carleton_Emmons.
- Western_Defense_Command commander John_L._DeWitt.
- Western_Defense_Command commander1Label "Commanding General".
- Western_Defense_Command commander2Label "Commanding General".
- Western_Defense_Command country "United States of America".
- Western_Defense_Command dates "1941".
- Western_Defense_Command garrison Presidio_of_San_Francisco.
- Western_Defense_Command hasPhotoCollection Western_Defense_Command.
- Western_Defense_Command role "Home Defense & Training".
- Western_Defense_Command unitName "Western Defense Command".
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- Western_Defense_Command subject Category:American_Theater_of_World_War_II.
- Western_Defense_Command subject Category:Commands_of_the_United_States_Army.
- Western_Defense_Command subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1946.
- Western_Defense_Command subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1941.
- Western_Defense_Command subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_in_World_War_II.
- Western_Defense_Command type Agent.
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- Western_Defense_Command type Disestablishment.
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- Western_Defense_Command type SocialPerson.
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- Western_Defense_Command type Q43229.
- Western_Defense_Command comment "Western Defense Command (WDC) was established on 17 March 1941 as the command formation of the U.S. Army responsible for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast region of the United States. A second major responsibility was the training of soldiers prior to their deployment overseas. The first Commanding General of WDC was Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, who continued on in command of the Fourth U.S. Army.".