Toshiyuki Nakasone
1399th Engineer Construction Battalion

Military Draft

Toshiyuki Nakasone

Sometime after December 7, 1941, Toshiyuki receives his draft notice.

After several attempts to secure airline passage, he reports to the draft board in Lahaina.

Inducted in February 1942, he is assigned to the 298th Infantry Battalion at Schofield Barracks.

Some months later, only the AJAs are disarmed. They remain on post while soldiers of other ethnicities in the battalion are assigned elsewhere.