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Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team

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Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team

Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army

Japanese-American volunteers. Impatient to go through the last step in their physical examination--the blood test, these AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers on Kauai press forward to have samples of their blood taken by Sergeant Bernard G. Borden of Hartford, Connecticut (left) and Sergeant Romeo L. Giguere of Detroit, Michigan (right). In the background, standing is Corporal Henry Crowder of Detroit, Michigan and sitting is Captain John F. Little, Jr. of Horfold, Virginia. Volunteers who passed their physicals were sent to a provisional camp pending trans-shipment to Oahu. They were administered the oath of induction on Kauai, however

Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawaii to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment being organized for Americans of Japanese ancestry, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, pledges allegiance to the United States as Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command administers the oath. Doi was born at Loloa, but lived in Lihue and worked as station attendant at the Kapaia Garage. He applied for voluntary induction on January 30, two days after Washington announced formation of the combat unit. "I'm going to be a darn good soldier," Doi said after taking the oath. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action."

Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company

Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA Americans of Japanese ancestry combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army

Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to put on the uniform of the U.S. Army, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, is shown how to buckle on his ammunition belt. Doing the showing is Sergeant John H. Chynoweth, acting first sergeant of the provisional company of Kauai inductees, and nephew of the Brigadier General Chynoweth who was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his activities in the Philippines even after occupation of the islands by the Japanese

Japanese-American volunteers. First of the territory's quota of 1,725 AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) volunteers to be inducted into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment now being formed, 18-year-old Mitsura Doi of Kauai, Hawaii, garage worker, receives congratulations from Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command who administered the oath of induction at 2:40 PM, Thursday, March 11. Doi was born at Koloa and volunteered with the blessing of his parents. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action," he said as he shook hands with Major McManus

Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company

Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team

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Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Registrants of Local Board Two, Lihue, Kauai, arriving at the hospital to take the physical examination before induction into the United States Army

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. Herbert Kondo, an AJA volunteer, with his father and mother. The elder Kondo is a veteran of World War I

Kauai District, Territory of Hawaii. A newly-inducted AJA volunteer receiving a pass to return home to settle his personal affairs. Major General Rapp Brush and Colonel J.J. Doyle are looking on

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