John Lesesne DeWitt was a three-star general in the United States Army, best known for overseeing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Karl Robin Bendetsen was an American politician and military officer who served in the Washington Army National Guard during World War II and later as the United States Under Secretary of the Army. Bendetsen is remembered primarily for his role as an architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, a role he tried to downplay in later years.