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.

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img [Two photographs of Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-29-230)

The photograph on the left is presumably of a young Japanese American soldier sitting on a military vehicle. The photograph on the right presumably depicts the same soldier greeting or leaving a woman. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P173

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-230/

img 3rd Platoon Co. B (ddr-csujad-29-264)

Photograph of the 3rd Platoon,Company B- 34 Bn I.R.T.C. with 2nd Lt. Mortimer Rosenberg as the platoon leader and Sgt. Peter S. Aloisio as the platoon sergeant. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P207

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-264/

doc Memorial service message (ddr-sbbt-2-28)

A memorial service message with accompanying photograph photocopies, memorializing the loss of Japanese-American soldiers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-28/

av An Oral History with Seiko Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-11)

Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-11/

img [Two American soldiers with elderly man] (ddr-csujad-29-229)

Photograph of two Japanese American soldiers with older Japanese man, presumably a relative. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P172

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-229/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part I (ddr-csujad-29-59)

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-29-59/

img [Boys and a soldier] (ddr-csujad-29-225)

Photograph of a Japanese American soldier with eight boys on a ship, presumably. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P168

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-225/

doc Letter to Michi and Walter Weglyn from Kiku Funabiki (ddr-densho-122-873)

Re: telling the story of resisters in the military, and lack of support for Japanese S. Americans incarcerated.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-873/

doc Summary of the Fort McClellan, Alabama Incident (ddr-densho-122-875)

Re: incident when Japanese American troops refused to obey orders

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-875/

doc "Topaz Welcomes Kuroki" (ddr-densho-122-524)

Report by WRA on Ben Kuroki's visit to Topaz Camp, Project Reports Division, Historical Section

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-524/

img Tom Kubota in the military during WWII (ddr-densho-354-394)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-354-394/

img Barracks building (ddr-ajah-2-776)

Caption: Joe Iwataki's barracks at Camp Crowder, Missouri, April 8 to October 1942. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-380 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-776/