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 Group of men leaning on a car (ddr-ajah-2-110)

Caption below photo: Fooling around

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-110/

img View of sky with small place (ddr-ajah-2-590)

Caption below photo: Australian skies

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-590/

img View of military parade from above (ddr-ajah-2-612)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-612/

img Field with rows of tents (ddr-ajah-2-174)

Caption below photo: Pup tents

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-174/

img Men resting in clearing (ddr-ajah-2-254)

Caption below photo: Take 10

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-254/

img Man standing by snow bank (ddr-ajah-2-319)

Caption below photo: Georgie

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-319/

img Six men outside tents on dirt road (ddr-ajah-2-823)

Caption: Joe Iwataki poses with members of the Order of Battle Section (OBS) in Leyte, Philippines in 1945. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-657 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-823/

img Road through canyon (ddr-ajah-2-308)

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img Joe Iwataki in yard outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-798)

Caption: Joe Iwataki, of Alameda, CA., He was there as a member of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). October 1942-June 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-438 with additional notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-798/

img Men sitting next to creek, some men in creek (ddr-ajah-2-196)

Caption below photo: San Antonio Creek for a cool bath

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-196/

img Group of men outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-58)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-58/

img Six men in uniform on steps outside camp building. Joe Iwataki in back without jacket (ddr-ajah-2-478)

Caption below photo: Ken Kata / Min Masukane / Hisao Matsamoto / Casy Kawamoto / Mickey Kuroima

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-478/

img Group of men in a field with machine guns (ddr-ajah-2-99)

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img Man in glasses reading (ddr-ajah-2-499)

Caption below photo: Iwao Shimamoto

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doc Holiday card from Kai Rasmussen to Joe Iwataki (ddr-ajah-2-829)

Caption: Holiday greeting card from kai Rasmussen to Joe Iwataki. 5.25" wide by 4" tall, when folded down the center of the paper. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. Rasmussen was the Commandant of the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-829/