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H/I™j v^amci a irxail.OfSyracuse II Joins ServiceTn Fiaht fnr II, R,jAmerican-Born Japanese, Colgate Graduate, Goes j to CampYoichi Robert Okamoto, 26, of 4t 1 t'nt\v*r'**v Ave»,o born in the United States of Japanese parents, enlisted in the United States Army today in the hope that he would Ret a chance to fight against Japan.^ * • • * , ilt;«.« lr t, ; »•%* - */ Jt (UBronxville, h a son of Mrs. Shir.a Okomura. He was graduated from Colgate University in 1938 and was employed by the Syracuse; Post-Standard as a news photos- j rapher from August, 1939, until! his enlistment.He became interested in photog- ii raphy as a hobby while a junior, at Colgate. During his campus * days he was head cheer leader, a I member of the Student Senate, t( feature editor of the college pub-’K lication Banter, and a member of h the Varsity Glee Club. He belongs; ^ to Delta Kappa ?!p«ilon. ;nAs a student he majored in in-1 “ ternational law, politics and com- slt; merce. with the line arts as his ^ secondary interest. •A brother. Ohdo Richard Oka- m moto, is a senior at Colgate and ?; has arranged for enlistment when •’ he graduates in .Tun*.Before his departure today. Okamoto said to a Herald-Journalrepoi k*: ;*T can't see how the Japs can • exist and I hope they cannot last. *•; I think they should he knocked out first because j* is important to; j keen the Pacific open.” ■ 7He regarded the Japs “with ,scorn.’* he said.Previous attempts he had made to enlist were fruitless. He had also offered his services to the F.B.I.VOICIIf It. OKAMOTO
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Syracuse Herald Journal
Syracuse, New York, US
Tue, Jan 06, 1942
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