![Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hbHVtbnVzLW9mLXB1cmR1ZS11bml2ZXJzaXR5LWNoYXJsZXMtci15b2tvY2hpLTEwMjQuanBn/320/384/jpg "Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company")
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![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](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hc3Npc3RhbnQta2F1YWktY291bnR5LWFncmljdWx0dXJhbC1hZ2VudC1tb3JpdG8tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "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")
![Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to put on the uniform of the U.S. Army, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, is shown how to buckle on his ammunition belt. Doing the showing is Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees, and nephew of the Brigadier General Chynoweth who was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his activities in the Philippines even after occupation of the islands by the Japanese](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1maXJzdC1hamEtYW1lcmljYW5zLW9mLWphcGFuZXNlLWFuY2VzdHJ5LXZvbHVudGVlci02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to put on the uniform of the U.S. Army, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, is shown how to buckle on his ammunition belt. Doing the showing is Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees, and nephew of the Brigadier General Chynoweth who was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his activities in the Philippines even after occupation of the islands by the Japanese")
Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company
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Date
01/01/1943
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United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Pakala Village, 21.93301, -159.64726
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Library of Congress
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