Selective Service Proclamation Certificate for Seisaku Aoyagi
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Registration Certificate (D.S.S. Form 2) in accordance with the Selective Service Proclamation for Seisaku Aoyagi. The Selective Service Proclamation required all male citizens and non-citizen immigrants over the age of 18 to register to be eligible for potential military conscription. Today, it is only for men between the ages of 18-25.
label: Description
content: Seisaku Aoyagi registered on April 25, 1942. The physical description for Seisaku Aoyagi said he was “oriental”, was 5’2” and 132 lbs, with black hair, a light brown complexion, and had a scar on the back of his head. Seisaku Aoyagi also registered as an Alien under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
label: Description
content: Seisaku Aoyagi was sent to the Lordsburg Internment Camp in New Mexico. It opened on June 15, 1942, and closed in 1944. Lordsburg held the largest number of Issei prisoners with a peak population of Issei at 1,500. Seisaku and Kin Aoyagi were both Issei. Lordsburg was an enemy alien camp managed by the Department of Justice, and its first prisoners consisted of a group of Japanese men deemed dangerous by the FBI.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Hawaii, Hilo
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Seiji Aoyagi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0252.30
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0252.30
label: accession number
content: 2015.0252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm