![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/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1maXJzdC1hamEtYW1lcmljYW5zLW9mLWphcGFuZXNlLWFuY2VzdHJ5LXZvbHVudGVlci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/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. First AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestr...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. Impatient to go through the last step in their physical examination--the blood test, these AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers on Kauai press forward to have samples of their blood taken by Sergeant Bernard G. Borden of Hartford, Connecticut (left) and Sergeant Romeo L. Giguere of Detroit, Michigan (right). In the background, standing is Corporal Henry Crowder of Detroit, Michigan and sitting is Captain John F. Little, Jr. of Horfold, Virginia. Volunteers who passed their physicals were sent to a provisional camp pending trans-shipment to Oahu. They were administered the oath of induction on Kauai, however](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1pbXBhdGllbnQtdG8tZ28tdGhyb3VnaC10aGUtbGFzdC1zdGVwLWluLXRoZWlyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. Impatient to go through the last step in their physical examination--the blood test, these AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers on Kauai press forward to have samples of their blood taken by Sergeant Bernard G. Borden of Hartford, Connecticut (left) and Sergeant Romeo L. Giguere of Detroit, Michigan (right). In the background, standing is Corporal Henry Crowder of Detroit, Michigan and sitting is Captain John F. Little, Jr. of Horfold, Virginia. Volunteers who passed their physicals were sent to a provisional camp pending trans-shipment to Oahu. They were administered the oath of induction on Kauai, however")
Japanese-American volunteers. Impatient to go through the last step in...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. First pair of brothers among the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers inducted into the U.S. Army in the territory were Chitsugi, twenty-three, and Minoru Manabe, twenty-eight, who took the oath of allegiance together among the first batch of fifty-eight Kauai registrants sworn in. Both were born at Anahola but lived in Kealia, Kauai with their elder sister Fumiyo Hashimoto who is shown bidding them goodbye. Both went to the Kapaa Grammar School and last worked for the Lihue Plantation Company. They volunteered separately without each other's knowledge immediately after formation of an AJA combat regiment was announced](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1maXJzdC1wYWlyLW9mLWJyb3RoZXJzLWFtb25nLXRoZS1hamEtYW1lcmljYW5zLTEwMjQuanBn/40/47/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. First pair of brothers among the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers inducted into the U.S. Army in the territory were Chitsugi, twenty-three, and Minoru Manabe, twenty-eight, who took the oath of allegiance together among the first batch of fifty-eight Kauai registrants sworn in. Both were born at Anahola but lived in Kealia, Kauai with their elder sister Fumiyo Hashimoto who is shown bidding them goodbye. Both went to the Kapaa Grammar School and last worked for the Lihue Plantation Company. They volunteered separately without each other's knowledge immediately after formation of an AJA combat regiment was announced")
Japanese-American volunteers. First pair of brothers among the AJA [Am...
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![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](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hamEtYW1lcmljYW5zLW9mLWphcGFuZXNlLWFuY2VzdHJ5LXZvbHVudGVlcnMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "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. AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] vol...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. From surveyor and civil engineer to buck private in Uncle Sam's army--that's Shuichi "Pete" Sakamoto's idea of success in life. Member of the Engineers' Association of Hawaii and of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association, Sakamoto, thirty-four, married and the father of a two-year-old son undergoes a close examination of his teeth by Captain J.B. Daudelin, who was one of the panel of Army physicians who passed on Kauai's first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1mcm9tLXN1cnZleW9yLWFuZC1jaXZpbC1lbmdpbmVlci10by1idWNrLXByaXZhdGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. From surveyor and civil engineer to buck private in Uncle Sam's army--that's Shuichi \"Pete\" Sakamoto's idea of success in life. Member of the Engineers' Association of Hawaii and of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association, Sakamoto, thirty-four, married and the father of a two-year-old son undergoes a close examination of his teeth by Captain J.B. Daudelin, who was one of the panel of Army physicians who passed on Kauai's first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers")
Japanese-American volunteers. From surveyor and civil engineer to buck...
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![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/40/32/webp "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)")
Japanese-American volunteers. Recognized among the AJA [Americans of J...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. "I am very happy that my son is the first man inducted," Harue Doi, thirty-eight, of Lihue, Kauai said in broken English as he posed with his son Mitsuru, eighteen, first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer in the territory to be inducted into the AJA combat regiment being formed in the islands. Mrs. Sao Doi, thirty-six, proudly stood beside her son and held up the fourth member of the Doi family, eighteen-month-old Marian Hanako. The elder Doi, yardman for Dr. S. Wallis of Lihue, is an alien but Mrs. Doi, laundress for the Lihue Plantation Hospital, was born in Lihue and is an American citizen](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1pLWFtLXZlcnktaGFwcHktdGhhdC1teS1zb24taXMtdGhlLWZpcnN0LW1hbi1pbmR1Y3RlZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. \"I am very happy that my son is the first man inducted,\" Harue Doi, thirty-eight, of Lihue, Kauai said in broken English as he posed with his son Mitsuru, eighteen, first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer in the territory to be inducted into the AJA combat regiment being formed in the islands. Mrs. Sao Doi, thirty-six, proudly stood beside her son and held up the fourth member of the Doi family, eighteen-month-old Marian Hanako. The elder Doi, yardman for Dr. S. Wallis of Lihue, is an alien but Mrs. Doi, laundress for the Lihue Plantation Hospital, was born in Lihue and is an American citizen")
Japanese-American volunteers. "I am very happy that my son is the firs...
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Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawa...
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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/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hc3Npc3RhbnQta2F1YWktY291bnR5LWFncmljdWx0dXJhbC1hZ2VudC1tb3JpdG8tMTAyNC5qcGc%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. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agen...
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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/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hbW9uZy10aGUtbWVuLWZyb20tbG9jYWwtYm9hcmQtbm8tMi1vbi1rYXVhaS1oYXdhaWktMTAyNC5qcGc%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. Among the men from local board No. 2 on ...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. Weight, height and chest measurements, all were taken in a simultaneous operation as AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers on Kauai, Hawaii, first island to begin induction into the new combat unit, underwent physical examination prior to induction of 150 men](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy13ZWlnaHQtaGVpZ2h0LWFuZC1jaGVzdC1tZWFzdXJlbWVudHMtYWxsLXdlcmUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. Weight, height and chest measurements, all were taken in a simultaneous operation as AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers on Kauai, Hawaii, first island to begin induction into the new combat unit, underwent physical examination prior to induction of 150 men")
Japanese-American volunteers. Weight, height and chest measurements, a...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. The remaining fifty-three volunteers of board no. 2, Lihue, Kauai, who passed their physical to complete their board's quota of fifty-eight inductees take the oath of induction into the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat regiment. The oath is administered by Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy10aGUtcmVtYWluaW5nLWZpZnR5LXRocmVlLXZvbHVudGVlcnMtb2YtYm9hcmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. The remaining fifty-three volunteers of board no. 2, Lihue, Kauai, who passed their physical to complete their board's quota of fifty-eight inductees take the oath of induction into the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat regiment. The oath is administered by Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command")
Japanese-American volunteers. The remaining fifty-three volunteers of ...
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Japanese-American volunteers. Second and larger group on Kauai, Hawaii...
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Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. With battle helmet on his head and ammunition belt about his waist, Kauai-born Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to be inducted and given a uniform is taught the rudiments of rifle drill by Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees. Looking on are three of Doi's fellow volunteers (left to right): Hervert Y. Kondo, eighteen, son of a World War I veteran; and Chits Ugi, twenty-three, and Minoru Manabe, twenty-eight, first pair of brothers to be inducted into the AJA combat regiment now being organized](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy13aXRoLWJhdHRsZS1oZWxtZXQtb24taGlzLWhlYWQtYW5kLWFtbXVuaXRpb24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. With battle helmet on his head and ammunition belt about his waist, Kauai-born Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to be inducted and given a uniform is taught the rudiments of rifle drill by Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees. Looking on are three of Doi's fellow volunteers (left to right): Hervert Y. Kondo, eighteen, son of a World War I veteran; and Chits Ugi, twenty-three, and Minoru Manabe, twenty-eight, first pair of brothers to be inducted into the AJA combat regiment now being organized")
Japanese-American volunteers. With battle helmet on his head and ammun...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. A typical army scene--waiting in line for dinner. First of the territory's AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers to take their physical exams, these Kauai, Hawaii men were quartered in a provisional camp pending annoucement of results of final tests. Here they enthusiastically form their first chow line as dinner is served. A few of the volunteers started off right by going on KP (Kitchen Police) duty the first few hours in camp](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hLXR5cGljYWwtYXJteS1zY2VuZS13YWl0aW5nLWluLWxpbmUtZm9yLWRpbm5lci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. A typical army scene--waiting in line for dinner. First of the territory's AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers to take their physical exams, these Kauai, Hawaii men were quartered in a provisional camp pending annoucement of results of final tests. Here they enthusiastically form their first chow line as dinner is served. A few of the volunteers started off right by going on KP (Kitchen Police) duty the first few hours in camp")
Japanese-American volunteers. A typical army scene--waiting in line fo...
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Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamot...
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![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/40/48/webp "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")
Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R....
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Japanese-American volunteers. There's quite a difference between sneak...
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Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...
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![Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1jb2xvbmVsLWphbWVzLWotZG95bGUtc2Vjb25kLWZyb20tcmlnaHQtY29tbWFuZGluZy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team")
Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from righ...
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Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 ...
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Japanese-American volunteers. This is the Army, Shuichi "Pete" Sakamot...
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![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/40/33/webp "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")
Japanese-American volunteers. First man to have applied for voluntary ...
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