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To: Hoa Hao who wrote (114180)	5/17/2005 11:43:22 AM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 793970

re: "I am curious about what you mean by this comment " In 1940, Hawaiians were drafted and placed into the Hawaiian National Guard, which was charged with defending the Islands. A majority of the 298th and 299th regiments of the Federalized Hawaiian National Guard (draftees) and the Hawaiian Territorial Guard (ROTC students) were Japanese Americans. One of these Regiments (the 298th) became part of the Army's newly formed 25th Infantry Division - the 298th was replaced after the attack on Pearl Harbor by a unit from Washington. The other regiment became part of the Army's 24th Infantry Division. These units were headquartered at Schofield Barracks which was adjacent to Hawaii's main Army Air Crops fighter base, Wheeler. Remember, the commanders of Pearl Harbor feared that sabotage was a greater threat to the U.S. forces in Hawaii than a strike from the Japanese miliary. If you don't trust (or even fear) some of the men guarding your bases, what do you do with your aircraft? You park them wingtip to wingtip on the middle of the airfield, so you can keep an eye on anyone who might be approaching them. "Who was a friend, who was a foe? In Hawaii no one could be sure of the answer. Probably most of the Islands' 150,000 Japanese were loyal; perhaps, again, they were not. Last week Hawaii again suffered from the white man's old shortcoming—of not being able to tell one yellow man from another, nor-the loyal from the disloyal. It was an overwhelming problem. For the Japs were everywhere ... Many of them were working on defense projects, many, as members of the Hawaiian Territorial Guard, were watching over power plants, parading in front of public buildings. The uniforms they wore were those of the U.S. Army, and only an arm badge, marked H.T.G., distinguished them from U.S. regulars...What about the houseboy, the cop on the corner, the farmer down the road? What about the Japs set to guard the Islands?" - Life Magazine, Monday, Jan.19, 1942