![Japanese-American volunteers. First man to have applied for voluntary induction at local board 2, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii when formation of the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat regiment was announced, Tatsuo Truruda, twenty-four, of Kealia was also one of the first in the territory to take his physical examination. Examining him is Major Malcolm A. Jones, president of the examining board. Tsuruda, active in Boy Scout activities on the Garden Isle, was a clerk at the Lihue Plantation Company. Both his father and mother are American citizens](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1maXJzdC1tYW4tdG8taGF2ZS1hcHBsaWVkLWZvci12b2x1bnRhcnktaW5kdWN0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/320/264/jpg "Japanese-American volunteers. First man to have applied for voluntary induction at local board 2, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii when formation of the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat regiment was announced, Tatsuo Truruda, twenty-four, of Kealia was also one of the first in the territory to take his physical examination. Examining him is Major Malcolm A. Jones, president of the examining board. Tsuruda, active in Boy Scout activities on the Garden Isle, was a clerk at the Lihue Plantation Company. Both his father and mother are American citizens")
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![Japanese-American volunteers. Among the men from local board No. 2 on Kauai, Hawaii who reported for physical examination prior to induction into the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit taking shape in the territory were these three pairs of brothers. From left to right they are: Minoru, twenty-eight, and Chitsugi Manabe, twenty-three; Tooru, eighteen, and James S. Takenaka, twenty; and Shigeo, twenty-one, and Tadao Suemori, twenty. Tooru Takenaka was still a student in high school when he went up for his physical. He volunteered because "I want to go in with my brother to do my share."](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hbW9uZy10aGUtbWVuLWZyb20tbG9jYWwtYm9hcmQtbm8tMi1vbi1rYXVhaS1oYXdhaWktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. Among the men from local board No. 2 on Kauai, Hawaii who reported for physical examination prior to induction into the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit taking shape in the territory were these three pairs of brothers. From left to right they are: Minoru, twenty-eight, and Chitsugi Manabe, twenty-three; Tooru, eighteen, and James S. Takenaka, twenty; and Shigeo, twenty-one, and Tadao Suemori, twenty. Tooru Takenaka was still a student in high school when he went up for his physical. He volunteered because \"I want to go in with my brother to do my share.\"")
![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 man to have applied for voluntary induction at local board 2, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii when formation of the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat regiment was announced, Tatsuo Truruda, twenty-four, of Kealia was also one of the first in the territory to take his physical examination. Examining him is Major Malcolm A. Jones, president of the examining board. Tsuruda, active in Boy Scout activities on the Garden Isle, was a clerk at the Lihue Plantation Company. Both his father and mother are American citizens
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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
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Public Domain
