Military service

The story of Japanese Americans in the military during World War II is complex and in many ways ironic. It is a story of mistrust by the very country for which these soldiers placed themselves in harms' way. Many were drafted directly out of the camps and fought for democracy abroad while their parents and families were incarcerated by their own government.

World War II (231)
Military service (2806)

Filters

Facilities

Format

Genre

Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

Gallery view
List view

2806 items

doc Iwao Kodama (ddr-csujad-8-28)

A statement by Iwao Kodama. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Kodama, Iwao

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-28/

doc Chester and Akiko Lillian Sasashima (ddr-csujad-8-97)

Oral history interview with Chester and Akiko Lillian Sasashima. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Sasashima, Chester and Lillian

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-97/

doc Akira Yokomi (ddr-csujad-8-85)

Oral history interview with Akira Yokomi. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Yokomi, Akira

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-85/

doc Mr. Lou Haruo Miyamoto (ddr-csujad-8-90)

A statement by Mr. Lou Haruo Miyamoto. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Miyamoto, Mr Lou Harou

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-90/

doc Matsushige Mats Ando (ddr-csujad-8-2)

Oral history interview with Matsushige [Mats] Ando. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Ando, Matsushige Mats

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-2/

doc Sadame Yamada (ddr-csujad-8-99)

Oral history interview with Sadame Yamada. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Yamada, Sadame

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-99/

doc Harley Mitsugi Nakamura (ddr-csujad-8-50)

Oral history interview with Harley Mitsugi Nakamura. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Nakamura, Harley Mitsugi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-50/

doc Teruye Ogawa (ddr-csujad-8-55)

Oral history interview with Teruye [Terue] Ogawa. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Ogawa, Teruye

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-55/

img Combat training (ddr-densho-114-73)

Original caption: Italy. Men of the Japanese-American Squad of soldiers doing correctly in using natural foliage, take a position behind the embankment, in mock maneuvers prepartory to real fighting against the Germans. 12 Oct 1943.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-73/

img Nisei soldiers eating (ddr-densho-114-44)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Japanese soldiers in the U.S. Army, are eating chow in the field, using a pan for a stove, L to R: Capt. Victor J. Bonin, Lowell, Mass., and Hilo, Hawaii; Pfc. Morio Kidani, Honolulu; and Pfc. Yasuo Takenouchi, Kapaa, Kauai. 1943.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-44/

img Nisei soldier digging a trench (ddr-densho-114-47)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Pvt. Fred (Angel) Ogata, Pahala, Hawaii, digs a slit trench. He is Japanese in the U.S. Army. 1943.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-47/

img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-112)

Original caption: Tommy Teraji of Los Angeles, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn. is being thrown by Akira F. Shibukawa, Seattle, Washington, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn., who is very well-trained in jujitsu. Camp Robsinson, Arkansas, February 19, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-112/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-106)

Original caption: Pvt. Kazuo Mori, Co. C, 9th Inf., receives a check in payment of first prize money for winning a cartoon contest conducted by "The Spearhead", 2nd. Division weekly, from 1st. Lt. Daniel Webster, Company Commander, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 3, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-106/

img Nisei soldiers moving towards battle (ddr-densho-114-81)

Original caption: Orciano Area, Italy. 2nd Lt. Masanao Otake of Lahaina, Maui (Hawaii), who was commissioned in Battle, leads his platoon from the town of Orciano into an attack pressing toward Leghorn. U.S. Fifth Army. 15 July 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-81/

img USO (ddr-densho-102-24)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-102-24/

img Badge worn by wives of servicemen (ddr-densho-105-7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-7/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-18)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. S/Sgt. Wallace Maeda, supply sergeant of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment. Sergeant Maeda, a Japanese in the U.S. Army, served two years in the U.S. Army before Pearl Harbor. 1943.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-18/

img Infantry training (ddr-densho-114-177)

Original caption: Yoshio Tamura of Los Angeles, California is one of the first trainees to arrive at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, Infantry Replacement Training Center. He is being welcomed by Lt. Col. J.P. Gammon, Commander of the 66th Infantry Training Battalion, 14th Regiment, as the other trainees look on. February 2, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-177/

img Japanese surrender ceremony (ddr-densho-127-2)

Two American soldiers stand at the Supreme Headquarters of the Chinese Army, location of the surrender ceremony. (L to R): Lt. Col. John Burden, Chief of Sino Translation and Interrogation Center, Grant Hirabayashi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-127-2/

img Japanese American general (ddr-densho-14-5)

General Eric Shinseki was a keynote speaker during a banquet at a reunion of Nisei veterans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-14-5/

img U.S. Army general at memorial service for Nisei veterans (ddr-densho-14-1)

General David Bramlett, Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The service was part of a reunion of Nisei veterans. (Nisei veterans national convention program.)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-14-1/

img Senator Daniel Inouye, reunion of Nisei veterans (ddr-densho-14-3)

Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii speaks at the unveiling of the Brothers in Valor memorial monument, which honors Nisei soldiers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-14-3/

img Japanese American general at memorial service for Nisei veterans (ddr-densho-14-2)

General Eric Shinseki, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The service took place during a reunion for Nisei veterans. [Nisei veterans national convention program.]

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-14-2/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-60)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-60/

img [Portrait of a Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-29-226)

Photograph inscription: "To Mas and Mary As ever, Danca [?]." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P169

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-226/