Memorandum for Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy from the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army with a preceding letter and two memos regarding Japanese American medical personnel

Memorandum for Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy regarding use of doctors, dentists and nurses of Japanese ancestry from General Kirk, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. Included are a preceding letter to General Kirk from Mr. McCloy requesting re-examination of a policy of not using Japanese American medical personnel except in the Japanese American combat unit; a memo for Mr. McCloy from his Executive Officer Colonel Scobey about excess dentists in the medical detachment of the 442nd Infantry Combat Team; and a memo to General Kirk from Mr. McCloy about commissioning and assigning Japanese (American) doctors to the War Relocation Authority. Note: This memo and its attachments appear to be preceding documents related to Item 16 in this folder ("Memorandum for Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy from the Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War ...")