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There is an "Honor Wall" central within the memorial which lists the names of the 800-plus Japanese Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces who died in service during World War II. [12] According to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, the memorial:
In May 1997, the names of 251 Japanese Americans killed in the Korean War joined the 116 Vietnam era names on a set of black granite slabs perpendicular to the Vietnam set, while the list of over 800 World War II era names was added on another group of granite slabs across from the Korean names in February 2000.
Masato Nakae (Japanese: 中江 正人, December 20, 1917 – September 4, 1998) was a Japanese American United States Army soldier. [1] He is best known for receiving the Medal of Honor because of his actions in World War II. [2]
The Go for Broke Monument (Japanese: 日系人部隊記念碑, [1] [2] Nikkeijinbutai Kinenhi) in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II. It was created by Los Angeles architect Roger M. Yanagita whose winning design was selected over 138 other submissions ...
Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, a site in Colorado that once held thousands of Japanese Americans opened its doors this week as the country’s newest national park.
The 442nd Infantry Regiment (Japanese: 第442歩兵連隊) was an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, [4] and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
The interchange between the I-105 and I-405 freeways in Los Angeles is labeled the "Sadao S. Munemori Memorial Interchange." [4] [15] [16] USAT Private Sadao S. Munemori is a reserved name in the U.S. Army, and was used as the name of a troop ship, USNS Private Sadao S. Munemori (T-AP-190), between October 31, 1947, and the 1970s. [4] [17]
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.