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 Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-325-81)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-81/

img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-325-98)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-98/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-325-115)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-115/

img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-325-77)

Sumito Horiuchi first row far right

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-77/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-325-113)

Sumito Horiuchi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-113/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-325-82)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-82/

img Kim Kawashima posing with a bayonet (ddr-densho-328-58)

Caption in album: "Kim / Odgen / May 1946."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-328-58/

img A couple at Gila River (ddr-densho-328-305)

Caption in album: "Ruth and Tsut[?] / Gila Camp Arkansas / 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-328-305/

doc Photograph album dedicated to Bussei soldiers in World War II (ddr-densho-328-535)

A photograph album created by the Ogden Y.B.A. (Young Buddhists Association) chapter and dedicated to the Bussei veterans who fought in World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-328-535/

img Two men at the beach (ddr-densho-338-204)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-204/

doc Selective Service Registration (ddr-densho-355-34)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-355-34/

doc Certificate of appreciation awarded to Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-132)

A certificate of appreciation for Takami Hibiya's service with the United States strategic bombing survey in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-132/

doc Gila News-Courier, Armistice Day Supplement (ddr-densho-382-11)

Lists of dead, wounded and serving Japanese Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-382-11/

doc Selective Service registration card for Tsunezo Tokuda (ddr-densho-383-522)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-522/

doc Selective Service classification notification (ddr-densho-383-520)

Classifying George Tokuda as 4C

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-520/

doc Clipping from Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-383-533)

Headline story: Army will admit Nisei

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-533/

doc Letter to Clara from George Tokuda (ddr-densho-383-480)

Describing camp conditions, and the loss of his businesses, and concerns for the future.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-480/

doc Selective Service classification notification (ddr-densho-383-525)

Classifying George Tokuda at 2A

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-525/

doc Draft of writing about camp life, young men discussing enlisting (ddr-densho-383-574)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-574/

img Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-742)

Handwritten caption: "At Mr. Nomira's Garden, San Leandro, Masaru Yoshioka."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-742/

img Private George Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-780)

Private George Yoshioka sits for a professional portrait in his military uniform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-780/

img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-733)

Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his parents in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Yoni Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Tadaichi Yoshioka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-733/

doc Letter to Clarence R. Walker from Gonkichi Miyagi (ddr-densho-416-34)

Letter to Clarence R. Walker from Gonkichi Miyagi. Gonkichi talks about receiving 125 dollars from Clarence Walker for Clarence having sold something of Gonkichi's. Gonkichi tells Clarence he does not expect to return to California any time soon. Gonkichi talks how he feels about his grandson William Miyagi being drafted into the army while the rest …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-34/

img William Miyagi and Taka Uyechi (ddr-densho-416-25)

Photograph of William Miyagi and Taka Uyechi in military uniform standing together while visiting Poston Relocation Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-25/

img William Miyagi (ddr-densho-416-33)

Framed portrait of William Miyagi in military uniform. Also inside the frame are William Miyagi's military medals, ribbons, and patches.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-33/