Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army
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![Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2UtYW1lcmljYW4tdm9sdW50ZWVycy1hc3Npc3RhbnQta2F1YWktY291bnR5LWFncmljdWx0dXJhbC1hZ2VudC1tb3JpdG8tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "Japanese-American volunteers. Assistant Kauai county agricultural agent, Morito Kawakami held a position important in the island's economy but nonetheless volunteered for duty with the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] combat unit for which Kauai held the territory's first physical examinations. He is examined by Captain E.P. Danforth, U.S. Army, at one of the last stages in the stiff physical examination. Kawakami, thirty-one, was born in Eleele, Kauai, and latterly lived in Lihue. He married in November, 1939 and Mrs. Kawakami is chief operator for the Kauai Telephone Company. Mr. Kawakami attended the University of Hawaii from 1929 to 1933 and was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) for two years. He has two sisters and three brothers, one of the latter, Keiji, is a fellow volunteer for duty with the U.S. Army")
