Japanese Wac's Fighting Spirit Soon Convinces
Curious That She is 100 Per Cent American
August 1944
Marion S. Doi
Atlantic City, N.J: "Yes people are curious and ask me a lot of questions, but they don't bother me much when they realize that i have no sympathy for Japan, " said American-born Japanese WAC Private Marion S. Doi of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], when she report here for assignment.
"I suppose their curiosity is natural," continued the private, who has just completed the specialists' course at the WAC Statistical Control School in Orlando, Fla.
Reporting here for her first U.S. Army assignment in the Personnel Distribution Command's Statistical Control Division, she said the anger and resentment which she felt when she read about Pearl Harbor left her speechless with rage. "It also inspired me with an urge to do my utmost in the war effort," she said.
Unable to attend college and study medicine, she went to work in the Scintilla Magneto Division of the Bendix Aviation Corp. in Sidney, as a clerical worker, and continued working there until she enlisted.
She received her basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where she was a member of the 1st Co. in the 21st Regiment, and subsequently completed the specialists' course at Orlando, Fla.
"I know I'm going to like it here," commented Private Doi, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Doi reside at 49 Riverside Drive, Sidney, "for I've made more friends since I've joined the WACs than I've ever had in my life! Besides, the WAC uniform symbolizes everything I believe in, and will show people how glad I feel when I read about American victories in the Pacific."
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