Identity and values--Men]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: creator]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> Photographs]]> Identity and values--Men]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: creator]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> Photographs]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: creator]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> Early 1940s]]> Photographs]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Education]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Military service--Veteran history]]> about the unfair discharge of Japanese American volunteers. He describes what it was like being in the Varsity Victory Volunteers. He explains his feelings towards Japanese soldiers. He discusses the pressure to prove his loyalty because of his heritage. He talks about volunteering for the military. ]]> Higashino, Edwin: narrator]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer]]> Tanabe, Jim: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 January 19]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Hawaii]]> Identity and values--Family]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Education--Japanese language schools]]> World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service]]> Nagao, Wallace: narrator]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer]]> Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii: publisher]]> Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii]]> 2006-06-07]]> eng]]> cpe]]> Oral Histories]]> Hawaii]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Military service--Embarkation]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training]]> Social activities]]> World War II--European Theater]]> Identity and values--Nisei]]> Miyake, Michael: narrator]]> Demonteverde, Marie: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2002 January 27]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]> Education]]> Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Ida, Fred: narrator]]> Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2003 September 29]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> Education]]> Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Doi, Masato: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2003 September 26]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Hawaii]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> Identity and values]]> Kono, Thomas: narrator]]> Demonteverde, Marie: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2001 August 26]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrence, California ]]> Japan--Post-World War II]]> Industry and employment]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service]]> Tsukazaki, Norman: narrator]]> Yamagami, Don: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 October 07]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Tsukazaki, Norman: narrator]]> Yamagami, Don: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 October 07]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby]]> World War II--European Theater]]> Isonaga, Herbert: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 April 18]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Veteran history]]> Military service]]> Isonaga, Herbert: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 April 18]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Immigration and citizenship--Life in Japan and reasons for leaving]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School]]> World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections]]> Race--Discrimination]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training]]> Japan--Post-World War II]]> Otani, Akira: narrator]]> Yahata, Craig: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 January 16]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Education]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> Morisawa, Jackson: narrator]]> Goto, Ginny: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 April 17]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Veteran history]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby]]> World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team]]> Takekawa, Claude: narrator]]> Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 April 16]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Social activities]]> Military service--Veteran history]]>
Tanaka graduates high school in 1939 and is part of the Hawaii Territory Guard. He recalls after pearl Harbor is attacked, the ROTC is called to guard bridges. When Marshall Law is declared, Governor Emmons and other people in power did not feel Americans of Japanese ancestry guarding the territory and deactivated the Japanese Americans who served in Hawaii Territory Guards.

The Japanese Americans still wanted to service their county and some teachers formed a Moral Community. The Moral Community with the boys petition to form the Triple VVV - Varsity Victory Volunteer. Between 150-160 Japanese American boys sign up. Tanaka joins and is sent to Schofield Barracks for one year. The VVV is disbanded when there is an anticipation of volunteering for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Tanaka recalls his duties and rank in the VVV.

]]> Tanaka, Harry: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 April 16]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Education--Higher education]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections]]> World War II--Military service--1399th Engineer Construction Battalion]]> Takemoto, Thomas: narrator]]> Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009-04-19]]> eng]]> cpe]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Enemy Alien Classification]]> World War II--Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe]]> Fujitani, Yoshiaki: narrator]]> Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2002-01-19]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> World War II--Loyalty Questionnaire]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Nisei soldiers]]> World War II--Japanese Americans]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: narrator]]> Funai, Pam: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2010-01-15]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]> Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team]]> World War II--Nisei soldiers]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> US Army Center of Military History: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 1999-09-25]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Honolulu, Hawaii]]>