![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)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1yZWNvZ25pemVkLWFtb25nLXRoZS1hamEtYW1lcmljYW5zLW9mLWphcGFuZXNlLTEwMjQuanBn/320/263/jpg "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)")
![[Portrait of Brick Fleagle and Mrs. Brick Fleagle, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYnJpY2stZmxlYWdsZS1hbmQtbXJzLWJyaWNrLWZsZWFnbGUtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktYmV0d2Vlbi0xOTQ2LWFuZC0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/41/webp "[Portrait of Brick Fleagle and Mrs. Brick Fleagle, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]")
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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. 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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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
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Public Domain
