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 Man standing by trees (ddr-ajah-2-548)

Caption below photo: Yukio

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-548/

img Man setting up tent (ddr-ajah-2-266)

Caption below photo: Jack King

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-266/

img River with dock and railway tracks (ddr-ajah-2-268)

Caption below photo: Columbia River / Longview

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-268/

img Couple standing under tree (ddr-ajah-2-761)

Inscribed on back: Me and Hisako Yokoyama. Cute ain't she? San Quentin quail MAYBE. Sister's swell too. Can't afford to rent that pix. Beautiful Ogden, with women with snow white complexion. Sociable? YES. Caption: Tsutomu "Tsunch" Inouye, of Alameda, CA., and a young woman he apparently fancied in Ogden, Utah. August 1941. Supplemental scan, front and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-761/

img Group of mortars (ddr-ajah-2-763)

Caption: joe Iwataki and Company A trains of the 61mm mortar at Fort Ord, near Monterey, CA., 1941. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-97 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-763/

img Man standing in snow bank (ddr-ajah-2-83)

Caption below photo: "Chop Chop" Kobayashi / Watsonville

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-83/

img Group of men lined up outside building (ddr-ajah-2-109)

Caption below photo: Chow line

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-109/

img Line of women in costume (ddr-ajah-2-521)

Caption below photo: Majorettes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-521/

img Large building and temple (ddr-ajah-2-593)

Caption below photo: Anzac Memorial (Central Station in Background)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-593/

img Man sitting at table reading (ddr-ajah-2-799)

Caption: Iwao Shimamoto studies at Camp Savage, Minnesota, as a member of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). October 1942 - June 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-499 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-799/

img Two men standing outside camp buildings (ddr-ajah-2-484)

Caption below photo: Frank Sanwo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-484/

img Crowd outside building with clock tower (ddr-ajah-2-618)

Caption below photo: City Hall

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-618/

img Portrait of man in uniform with woman (ddr-ajah-2-162)

Caption below photo: Pvt $ Mrs. N. Buhler and their mule "Mabel"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-162/

img Group of men eating (ddr-ajah-2-226)

Caption below photo: Joe Kagan / Watson

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-226/

img Man in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-732)

Caption below photo: Shogo Yamaguchi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-732/

img View of bridge and buildings (ddr-ajah-2-594)

Caption below photo: Insurance Bldg / Storrie Bridge

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-594/

img Men walking through field away from camera (ddr-ajah-2-199)

Caption below photo: Scouts out . . .

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-199/

img Two men leaning on fence. Joe Iwataki on right (ddr-ajah-2-580)

Caption below photo: Harvey Watanabe

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-580/

img Joe Iwataki standing next to sign reading: Off Limits to Troops (ddr-ajah-2-818)

Caption: Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA;, at Camp Chelmer, Indooroopilly, Australia February 1944. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-568 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-818/

img Joe Iwataki standing in snow (ddr-ajah-2-292)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-292/

img Man talking to group of children (ddr-ajah-2-627)

Caption below photo: Remo and Native children

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-627/

img Man and two children in canoe (ddr-ajah-2-820)

Caption: Remo Peduzzi rides Lake Sentani with local children from Hollandia, New Guinea, in a canoe made from a single tree. September - December 1944. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-628 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-820/