Businessmen's Military Training Corps

Businessmen's Military Training Corps
Active	January 1942 – 4 July 1945
Country	United States
Role	Patrol
Size	1,500
Garrison/HQ	Honolulu, Hawaii
Commanders
Commanding Officer	Col Willart L. Doering [1]

The Businessmen's Military Training Corps was a white and part-Hawaiian militia unit ^[2] to prevent collaboration of Japanese-Americans as a result of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii. The militia was made up of 17 companies, two thirds of which were World War I veterans. Their main activates were patrolling, security, and battle planning. In response to their bias toward whites the Hawaii Defense Volunteers a predominantly Chinese-American militia formed. ^[3]

See also

• Business Men's Training Corps
• Hawaii Territorial Guard

References

1. "Hawaii War Records Depository HWRD 1329". Hawaii War Records Depository Photos. University of Hawaii at Manoa Library. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
2. Stentiford, Barry (4 June 2002). The American Home Guard: The State Militia in the Twentieth Century. Texas A&M University Press. p. 151. ISBN   9781585441815.
3. Greenberg, Martin (18 November 2005). Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism . University of Pittsburgh Press. p.  7. ISBN   9780822942641. Hawaii Air Depot Volunteer Corps.