The nisei volunteers were inducted into the Canadian Intelligence Corps and most were sent to Brantford, Ontario for basic training for four months. They were called the No. 17 Platoon of B Company. Lt.-Col R. Y. Corey, the Commanding Officer, said, “I think they were the most intelligent lot of men and the best platoon we ever had at Brantford.” All came from British Columbia and most had been evacuated from the West Coast early in the war. Because they were in Ontario, not BC, they voted in the federal election (Ito, 1984, p. 204). At Brantford, the Nisei Platoon set records in the number of banners won for achievement and deportment, personnel, barracks and parade ground (Oki, 1967).
A small number of nisei who signed up later trained at the Simcoe Basic Training camp before being sent to the S-20 school.