World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
VVV Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00034
Overview
The Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV) was a 169-member all-Japanese American volunteer labor unit assigned to the 34th Army Engineers at Schofield Barracks to assist in military construction projects from February 1942 through January 1943. A majority of the members were University of Hawaii ROTC students who were inducted into the Hawaii Territorial Guard (HTG) following the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. As a result of the general atmosphere of distrust following Pearl Harbor,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1984 - 1992
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries