Hawaii Defense Volunteers
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Hawaii Defense Volunteers | |
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Active | 24 May 1942-4 July 1945 |
Disbanded | 4 July 1945 |
Country | United States |
Type | Paramilitary |
Role | Patrol |
Size | 800 |
Garrison/HQ | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officer | Col Richard C. Tongg[1] |
The Hawaii Defense Volunteers was a predominantly Chinese-American militia in Hawaii and one of three in Honolulu during World War II.[2] The militia also had Filipinos, Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans, Koreans, and Whites.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Hawaii War Records Depository HWRD 1329". Hawaii War Records Depository Photos. University of Hawaii at Manoa Library. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Greenberg, Martin (18 November 2005). Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780822942641.
Hawaii Air Depot Volunteer Corps.
- ^ Stentiford, Barry (4 June 2002). The American Home Guard: The State Militia in the Twentieth Century. Texas A&M University Press. p. 151. ISBN 9781585441815.
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