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 Three men lying on grass (ddr-ajah-2-374)

Caption below photo: Green / Gus / Mike

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-374/

img Men playing basketball (ddr-ajah-2-355)

Caption below photo: Basketball game

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-355/

img Group of men marching along road (ddr-ajah-2-227)

Caption below photo: Along the Washington Hi-way

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-227/

img View of street through town (ddr-ajah-2-648)

Caption below photo: Main street, Tacloban

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-648/

img Five men sitting in field with camp gear. Joe Iwataki in back on right. (ddr-ajah-2-242)

Caption below photo: Andy / Gus / Art / Green

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-242/

img Man standing by entrance to tunnel with rifle and lantern (ddr-ajah-2-322)

Caption below photo: Long

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-322/

img Man looking at notebook (ddr-ajah-2-505)

Caption below photo: Is he asleep?

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-505/

img Portrait of Douglas MacArthur, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-826)

Caption: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, hand written signature, in blue ink on a black and white print. Tokyo 1945. Collection of Joe Iwataki, who served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the South Pacific during WWII where MacArthur also served. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-742 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-826/

img Three men in uniform with rifles (ddr-ajah-2-133)

Caption below photo: Jack Todaro / Lyle Maddox / Tom Collery

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-133/

img Man standing at attention with rifle (ddr-ajah-2-138)

Caption below photo: Gus Curti

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-138/

img Large group of men sitting on hillside with small group of men standing in foreground (ddr-ajah-2-198)

Caption below photo: Break Period

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-198/

img Man standing outside G-2 building (ddr-ajah-2-821)

Caption: Bernie Strain at the G-2 (Intelligence_ building in Tolosa, Philippines, WWII, 1945. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-653 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-821/

img Men shoveling snow from roof of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-782)

Caption: Snow makes life for Army soldiers difficult. Location is either Belden, in Northern California, or somewhere near Reno, Nevada. The U.S. Army sent Joe Iwataki ad his outfit to this area of California to guard trains, tracks and tunnels. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. January 1942. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-290 with additional notes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-782/

img Men in line at outdoor mess (ddr-ajah-2-193)

Caption below photo: Cooks in Action

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-193/

img Three women and two men in uniform having a picnic (ddr-ajah-2-523)

Caption below photo: Mary Ann / Mizota / Cosmo / Mary

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-523/

img View of building (ddr-ajah-2-597)

Caption below photo: Commercial Bank Bldg A.M.P. G.H.Q. Offices / Downtown Brisbane / Our office - top floor C.B.B.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-597/

img Two men sitting on park bench (ddr-ajah-2-601)

Caption below photo: Remo / Taro

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-601/

img Train going into tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-327)

Caption below photo: Caboose

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-327/

img Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-702)

Caption below photo: Sgt Henry R. Schmidt Wichita, Kansas

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-702/

img Man standing next to structure (ddr-ajah-2-571)

Caption below photo: Bud Uyeda

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-571/

img Inside of barracks with cots (ddr-ajah-2-765)

Caption: Barracks interior, Fort Ord, near Monterey, CA, 1941. Probably the barracks of Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-157 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-765/