Executive Order 9102 was a United States presidential executive order ordering the creation of the War Relocation Authority

War Relocation Authority

The War Relocation Authority was a United States government agency established to handle internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian-Americans during World War II...

 (WRA) which was the U.S. civilian agency responsible for the penetration, relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans

Japanese American internment

Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. This executive order was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 18, 1942 and officially expired on June 30, 1946.

Milton S. Eisenhower

Milton S. Eisenhower

Milton Stover Eisenhower, served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edgar N. Eisenhower, and Earl D...

, then an official of the Department of Agriculture, was chosen to head the WRA. Within nine months, the WRA had opened ten facilities in seven states, and transported over 100,000 people from the WCCA facilities of whom 64% were American citizens.