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
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps 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 41, frame 416.
Tags
hawaii
kauai county
kauai
safety film negatives
lot 1827
united states office of war information
photo
volunteers
detroit
michigan
japanese american volunteers
blood test
kauai press
sergeant bernard
sergeant romeo
corporal henry crowder
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
detroit publishing company photograph collection
library of congress
japan
Date
01/01/1943
Location
hawaii
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain