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A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces
Japanese-American volunteers. AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers waiting for their physical examination at a military hospital on Kauai, first island actually to induct men into the new AJA combat unit, cheer loudly and give the V-for- Victory sign as they are told army doctors are ready to begin the examination. These men were all from local board no. 1 at Makaweli School, Hawaii
Japanese-American volunteers. Recognized among the AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry inductees by Major General Rapp Brush, commanding the Kauai District. Masato Sugihara, thirty-one, Kekaha school teacher, speaks with the general in the course of the latter's unexpected inspection of the provisional AJA camp. Sugihara, a married man, was the leader of the Makaweli board registrants from the time they assembled for their physical examination until their induction. Shown with the general are: Captain J. J. Fallon of the Service Command (left) and Colonel J.J. Doyle, commanding officer of the Service Command (right)
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The freedom loving peoples of the Netherlands East Indies have long had their own armament program underway. They have been preparing to defend their islands ever since the Nipponese embarked upon their program to "unify" the Pacific area. This younger worker is mixing explosives for shells at an island munitions plant
A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces
Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army
Natives of the Netherlands East Indies have long been on the alert against the expected Japanese aggression. They have realized for ten years that the natural wealth of their islands would eventually mean a Japanese move for "unification," and air raid defenses such as these have long been ready for action. The crew is composed of members of the Royal Netherlands Indian Army. During action they wear steel helmets, rather than the bamboo hats shown here
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Date
01/01/1940
Location
Payakumbuh (Indonesia)
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-0.23333, 100.63333
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Library of Congress
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