Hawaii Defense Volunteers Explained
| Unit Name: | Hawaii Defense Volunteers |
| Dates: | 24 May 1942-4 July 1945 |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | Paramilitary |
| Role: | Patrol |
| Size: | 800 |
| Garrison: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Disbanded: | 4 July 1945 |
| Commander1: | Col Richard C. Tongg[1] |
| Commander1 Label: | Commanding Officer |
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Hawaii War Records Depository HWRD 1329. Hawaii War Records Depository Photos. University of Hawaii at Manoa Library . 22 November 2017.
- Book: Greenberg, Martin . 18 November 2005 . Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism . registration . Hawaii Air Depot Volunteer Corps. . University of Pittsburgh Press . 7 . 9780822942641 .
- Book: Stentiford, Barry . 4 June 2002 . The American Home Guard: The State Militia in the Twentieth Century . Texas A&M University Press . 151 . 9781585441815.
