Military service

doc Evidences of Americanism among Japanese-Americans (ddr-densho-381-9)

A statement by Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, presented before the Costello Subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities attempting to draw attention to the "Americanism" of Japanese-Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-9/

img Portrait of Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-49)

Portrait of Yoshito Shibata in military uniform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-49/

doc Life Magazine with comments from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-214)

July 7th, 1941 edition of Life Magazine Defense Issue with handwritten comments by Yoshito Shibata addressed to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. The comments are in large part a daily notation about life in the Army, however, at times they are comments on the contents of the magazine.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-214/

doc Registration certificate, D.S.S. Form 2, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2168)

Registration card for George Hideo Nakamura and including personal descriptive information on the verso. DSS Form 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2270

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2168/

doc Notice of classification, DSS form 57, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2169)

Card for George Hideo Nakamura regarding his classification in the Selective Service. DSS Form 57. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2271

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2169/

doc List of military personnel names and addresses (ddr-csujad-55-2149)

Handwritten list of names and addresses of military personnel. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2251

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2149/

doc Separation qualification record, WD AGO Form 100, William I Sakai (ddr-csujad-55-172)

Separation qualification form for William I. Sakai. Includes personal data, military occupational assignments, military education, civilian education, and civilian occupations. WD AGO Form 100. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0174

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-172/

doc Letter from the Department of the Army to William I. Sakai, April 13, 1953 (ddr-csujad-55-173)

Correspondence from the Department of the Army, Office of the Adjutant-General to William I. Sakai regarding Sakai's award of the Bronze Star Medal, "for exemplary conduct in ground combat against the armed enemy during the Rhineland Campaign in the European Theater of Operations, while assigned as First Sergeant, 442nd Infantry Regiment." See this object in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-173/

doc Honorable discharge (ddr-csujad-55-152)

Honorable discharge certificate for Frank M. Iritani. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0154

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-152/

img Ensign Yoshiko Grace Tanigawa (ddr-csujad-55-2607)

A photograph of Ensign Yoshiko Grace Tanigawa in her Navy military uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2771

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2607/

doc Newspaper clippings regarding Ensign Yoshio Tanigawa (ddr-csujad-55-2606)

Newspaper clippings regarding Ensign Yoshiko Tanigawa, 22, a native of Roseville, the first and only Japanese American commissioned officer in the United States Navy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2770

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2606/

doc Enlisted record and report of separation honorable discharge, WD AGO Form 53-55, Frank M. Iritani (ddr-csujad-55-151)

Honorable discharge form for Frank M. Iritani including personal data, military history, pay data, insurance notice, and fingerprint. WD AGO Form 53-55. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0153

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-151/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Morio Arthur Kitagaki (ddr-densho-498-8)

Morio Arthur Kitagaki updating Robert Inglis on his life, his military status, his impending marriage, and religion.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-8/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Amy Kajiwara (ddr-densho-498-16)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Amy Kajiwara after evacuation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-16/

img Portrait of a soldier (ddr-densho-359-1121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1121/

img Civilians and soldiers pose on a boat (ddr-densho-359-1132)

The photograph is accompanied by a tracing paper overlay that names the individuals in the photograph in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1132/

img Soldier in uniform (ddr-densho-475-197)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man in an American military uniform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-197/

img Group of 7 (ddr-densho-475-327)

Black and white photograph of a group of seven young adults, including one military service member, sitting together on a bent tree.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-327/

img Selective Service Registration (ddr-densho-475-18)

Black and white photograph of the inside of the Selective Service Registration (sign in photo indicates this is for boys between the ages of 18 and 20); two boys are being assisted by three women manning the desks and operating large typewriters.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-18/

img Man and four women (ddr-densho-475-164)

Black and white photograph of four unidentified young women with an unidentified man in a military uniform in a garden.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-164/

img Soldier in garden (ddr-densho-475-192)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man in a US military uniform in a garden with an American flag in the background. His right arm has been partly amputated so the right sleeve is pinned up.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-192/