Volunteers for Military Service

By: Morgan Romero

100th Battalion ❖ june 4th, 1942: As the Battle of Midway occurred, 1,432 Nisei of

Hawaii National Guard had their weapons taken away

❖ boarded the U.S. army transport USAT under cover at night

without any warning to their families and loved ones

❖ Arrived in Oakland on June 12th, 1942

❖ All were assigned to a particular regiment (three separate

battalions altogether)

❖ 100th: not originally attached to a particular regiment

➢ named “One-Puka-Puka”

442 Regiment ❖ United States Army: fighting unit

comprised of predominantly

Japanese men, despite interment

of family members

❖ Formed in the Spring of 1942, by

Colonel Pettigrew

❖ Believed that Nisei would be

promising front line soldiers

Tokyo Rose❖ General name of Allied troops in the

South Pacific to alleged female broadcasters who spoke fluent English and were those of Japanese propaganda

❖ Iva Toguri: related to the name behind ‘Tokyo Rose’ ➢ Los Angeles native who was

stranded in Japan ➢ became included in vicious

propaganda, and was arrested of treason after Japan surrendered

Graph: Japanese vs. American

Question: #1 ❏ Why do you think the formation of the

Battalion’s occurred after the Battle of Midway? Is there any contextual significance with this battle?

Question: #2 ❏ Why was there an interest in Nisei soldiers

being front line soldiers despite Japan just blind siding the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

Question: #3 ❏ Was Iva Toguri considered brave in her time

period/lifetime for her actions? By women more so than men?

Bibliography● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_Infantry_Battalion_(Uni

ted_States)#Lineage_following_World_War_II

● http://www.biography.com/people/tokyo-rose-37481 ● http://www.100thbattalion.org/history/japanese-american-

units/442nd-regimental-combat-team/

● http://sfcobarstein.onmason.com/files/2012/12/390-8.png