Stanley Masaharu Akita
100th Infantry Battalion
100th Infantry Battalion
Military Enlistment
With the outbreak of war, the epithet “Jap” is regularly used by some non-Japanese on the plantation. Some, who called Stanley and other Americans of Japanese ancestry by name prior to war, now substitute the term, “Jap”.
In 1943, when the call for volunteers comes, Stanley enlists in Hilo. He is sent to Schofield Barracks.
Initially, he is excited about being in the service. Only later, during training, does he think about the dangers of combat.
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