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
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Image source: U.S. Army photo from OWI.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1762.
Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.
Nothing Found.
Tags
hawaii
kauai county
kauai
safety film negatives
lot 1827
united states office of war information
photo
kauai service command
major mcmanus
japanese american volunteers
army combat regiment
mitsura doi
major charles
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
home front
wwii
world war 2
library of congress
japan
Date
01/01/1943
in collections
Location
hawaii
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain