I resented the separate toilets, water fountains theaters, where blacks had to sit far back in the balcony.” “I saw prejudice firsthand in the South, where we trained for a time. Wow! Those were experiences I did not have before,” he said. Her human interest, science, and travel stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Air & Space Smithsonian.“The boat ride to the Mainland, the train ride across the country, the gambling, new shoes, food, the whole works. Hawaii resident Thelma Chang, an award-winning writer, was honored by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1991 for her work in preserving the history of World War II's Nisei soldiers. Their voices belong to a generation that has somethingpersonal to say to everyone. Theirs are warm touching stories of hope and unwavering courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Their haunting words recall the prisoners of Dachau, one of Germany's most notorious death camps.Īnd here the men bring to vivid life wartime social dynamics that existed between and among blacks, whites, and Asians. Here too are Japanese Americans who became part of another kind of rescue as they bore witness to one of the most disturbing chapters in human history. Army to be one of the ten greatest battles of World War II. In startling images recalled by the veterans themselves, here is the dramatic Rescue of the Lost Battalion in France's dark Vosges mountains, considered by the U.S. We discover how the men rose above the binds of war and racism and responded to injustice with an untarnished record of valor. We hear from men who volunteered from Hawaii plantations and American-style concentration camps. Now, decades after the war, the usually reserved and silent warriors recall their innermost thoughts and feelings about this tumultuous time in their lives.
Feared by German troops, revered by villagers, the Japanese Americans were at once fierce fighters, gentle liberators and prisoners of war in more ways than one. Together, the men of the 100th/442nd were an unstoppable force as they blazed through Europe with their "Go for Broke" spirit. Army history: the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Here are the voices and stunning images of extraordinary men, Japanese American soldiers of World War II who belonged to the most decorated unit of their size in U.S.
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