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An estimated 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 joined the Army. Approximately 800 were killed in action. The 100th Battalion and the 442nd Infantry Regiment became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history . [ 2 ]
The Go For Broke Monument in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, commemorates the Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II. Dedicated in 1998, the "Brothers In Valor" memorial at Fort DeRussy in Honolulu, HI, honors the Japanese American veterans who served in World War 2 with the 100BN/442RCT, 1399BN, and MIS. [80]
Many Nisei worked to prove themselves as loyal American citizens. Of the 20,000 Japanese Americans who served in the Army during World War II, [178] "many Japanese American soldiers had gone to war to fight racism at home" [186] and they were "proving with their blood, their limbs, and their bodies that they were truly American". [187]
While their family members and peers lived behind barbed wire in U.S. incarceration camps, approximately 33,000 Japanese American soldiers served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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Mineta and other Japanese American members of Congress nudged and negotiated and legislated for years to “make what happened right.” One of Mineta’s colleagues in this was the Hawaii senator ...
Yukio Okutsu (1921–2003), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; Allen K. Ono, first Japanese-American lieutenant general [6] [7] Frank H. Ono (1923–1980), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; Kazuo Otani (1918–1944), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; George T. Sakato (1921–2015), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans fought for the U.S. against Japan, now their story is finally being told