Businessmen's Military Training Corps
Businessmen’s Military Training Corps | |
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Active | January 1942-4 July 1945 |
Country | United States |
Role | Patrol |
Size | 1,500 |
Garrison/HQ | Honolulu, Hawaii |
The Businessmen’s Military Training Corps was a white and part-Hawaiian militia unit 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 Chinese-American militia formed.