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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.

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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]]>
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At the University of Hawaii, he does not sign up for ROTC, though it was required to for his first two years. When Pearl Harbor is attack, Tanaka recalls sleeping and thought the attack was a military exercise. After the attack, Tanaka's Father builds a bomb shelter and classes at the University of Hawaii were suspended . Tanaka decides to join the Hawaiian Territory Guards and the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV).

When the VVV disbanded, he decided to wait to volunteer. At this time the Japanese Americans are labeled as enemy aliens and are unable to serve. When the Japanese Americans were allowed to serve, there is an overwhelming response to volunteer for the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

March of 1943, Tanaka goes to Schofield Barracks for basic training. Tanaka recalls not attending the send off at Iolani Palace because he has the mumps.

When Tanaka arrives at Camp Shelby, where he was assigned to the 232nd Combat Engineer Company. Then he received orders to goto Minnesota for Military Intelligence Service (MIS). ]]>
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]]> Maui, Hawaii]]>
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