Biography
Mario Valdastri was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the camp roster observed at 6:00 a.m. on May 1, 1942. The roster documents actual wartime administrative confinement; it does not establish a criminal conviction or a complete custody duration.
Mario Valdastri was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the camp roster observed at 6:00 a.m. on May 1, 1942. The roster documents actual wartime administrative confinement; it does not establish a criminal conviction or a complete custody duration. The roster labels the administrative internment classification “Permanently”; this is not a life sentence or a measurement of time served. May 1, 1942 is the roster observation, not an admission date. Initial admission, actual physical release, and final custody duration are unstated. No ethnicity, ideology, criminal offense or present custody status is inferred.
Camp McCoy civilian enemy-alien roster, May 1, 1942, PDF page 34.
A May 25, 1942 Provost Marshal General memorandum individually describes Mario Valdastri and two other listed internees as naturalized citizens who will be retained at Camp McCoy pending transfer to San Francisco for return to Hawaii. This confirms the recorded continuing administrative confinement and the source’s citizenship description. It is an instruction concerning a future movement, not evidence of a completed transfer, actual release or a new custody episode.
Original Camp McCoy civilian internment records, PDF page 52.