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
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Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
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Date
01/01/1943
Contributors
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Pakala Village, 21.93301, -159.64726
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain