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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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Two men standing on hillside (ddr-ajah-2-192)
img Two men standing on hillside (ddr-ajah-2-192)
Caption below photo: Clancy and Diesel Bill
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-192/
Man standing at attention with rifle (ddr-ajah-2-67)
img Man standing at attention with rifle (ddr-ajah-2-67)
Caption below photo: Eugene Harrison / Illinois
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-67/
Group portrait of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-811)
img Group portrait of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-811)
Caption: Nisei soldiers from Barracks 15, Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) Camp Savage, Minnesota, April 24, 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-743 with additional notes
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-811/
Man standing by barracks (ddr-ajah-2-342)
img Man standing by barracks (ddr-ajah-2-342)
Caption below photo: Mike Masukoff
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-342/
Man speaking at podium (ddr-ajah-2-567)
img Man speaking at podium (ddr-ajah-2-567)
Caption below photo: Representative of Hennepin County Bar Ass'n
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-567/
Log building (ddr-ajah-2-423)
img Log building (ddr-ajah-2-423)
Caption below photo: Day room
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-423/
Large building with columns (ddr-ajah-2-728)
img Large building with columns (ddr-ajah-2-728)
Caption below photo: Japanese Diet Building
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-728/
Building with flags (ddr-ajah-2-619)
img Building with flags (ddr-ajah-2-619)
Caption below photo: A.M.P. Building
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-619/
Group of men posing in forest (ddr-ajah-2-233)
img Group of men posing in forest (ddr-ajah-2-233)
Caption below photo: 1st Sqd
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-233/
Man standing by entrance to tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-321)
img Man standing by entrance to tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-321)
Caption below photo: Erich
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-321/
Train coming out of tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-328)
img Train coming out of tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-328)
Caption below photo: Streamliner
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-328/
Four men outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-353)
img Four men outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-353)
Caption below photo: Madrid / Franco / Freitas / Legler
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-353/
Man in uniform standing next to car (ddr-ajah-2-75)
img Man in uniform standing next to car (ddr-ajah-2-75)
Caption below photo: Tsunchy Inouye / Alameda
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-75/
Two men in uniform outside building (ddr-ajah-2-90)
img Two men in uniform outside building (ddr-ajah-2-90)
Caption below photo: Gus Curti / Art Stanley / Just back from Alaska -1945-
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-90/
Men in uniform posing for group photo outside camp buildings (ddr-ajah-2-531)
img Men in uniform posing for group photo outside camp buildings (ddr-ajah-2-531)
Caption below photo: The members
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-531/
Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-689)
img Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-689)
Caption below photo: S/Sgt William Finkeldey Hasting-on-Hudson, N.Y.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-689/
Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-691)
img Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-691)
Caption below photo: S/Sgt Richard T. Watanabe Los Angeles
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-691/
Men playing cards in barracks (ddr-ajah-2-784)
img Men playing cards in barracks (ddr-ajah-2-784)
Caption: Joe Iwataki (taking the photo) and his U.S. Army pals relieve the boredom with a poker game in their barracks near Belden, which was in the Feather River Canyon of Northern California, February 1942. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-376 with additional notes
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-784/
Three men standing in front of building. Joe Iwataki in center (ddr-ajah-2-129)
img Three men standing in front of building. Joe Iwataki in center (ddr-ajah-2-129)
Caption below photo: Hank / Tsunch
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-129/
Man sitting on cot playing guitar (ddr-ajah-2-486)
img Man sitting on cot playing guitar (ddr-ajah-2-486)
Caption below photo: Roy Nakada / Honolulu
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-486/
View of military parade from above (ddr-ajah-2-616)
img View of military parade from above (ddr-ajah-2-616)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-616/
View of inside of train tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-330)
img View of inside of train tunnel (ddr-ajah-2-330)
Caption below photo: This is what the inside of a tunnel looks like
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-330/
Sketch of Fort Snelling (ddr-ajah-2-566)
doc Sketch of Fort Snelling (ddr-ajah-2-566)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-566/
Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
Caption: Niseis from the Military Intelligence School at Camp Savage, Minnesota visit friends and family incarcerated at Topaz, Utah - December 4. 1942. Includes names.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-800/
Two men sitting on low bench outside camp building. Joe Iwataki on left (ddr-ajah-2-477)
img Two men sitting on low bench outside camp building. Joe Iwataki on left (ddr-ajah-2-477)
Caption below photo: Ace Fukai
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-477/
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