Oral history interview with Akira R. Toki [videorecording], 2002.

Akira Toki Middle School (Madison, Wis.)

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Derks, Mik.

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Toki, Akira R., 1916-

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Toki (b.1916) entered the Army in 1942 and was eventually segregated, with other Japanese-Americans, at Camp Robinson. Toki and the others eventually went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi where they became part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), a unit composed entirely of Japanese-Americans with White officers. In August 1944, Toki shipped to Naples, Italy where he joined the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd RCT as a replacement. He served as a sergeant in Company A of that unit for the...

United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd

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Wisconsin Public Television

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...