Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfe... Lees meer.
From an illuminating and entertaining The New York Times young writer the story that explores the fateful intersection of two men at the Tokyo war crimes trial that followed World War II. a Japanese nationalist charged with war crimes and the American doctor assig... Lees meer.
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction this is the complete official version of the Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Personal Justice Denied issued in December 1982 along with the Commi... Lees meer.
Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit the letters featured in this book describe a soldier... Lees meer.
A visual history of the role that religious teachings practices and communities played in the WWII Japanese American experience with essays by leading scholars Accompanying the Japanese American National Museum s 2022 eponymous exhibition Sutra and Bible. Faith and... Lees meer.
Meticulously researched and beautifully written the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II an epic tale of family separation divided loyalties love reconciliation loss and redemption and a riveting chronic... Lees meer.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of NPR s Books We Love of 2021 Longlisted for the PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winner of the Christopher Award Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for m... Lees meer.
In 1942 Bill Manbo 1908 1992 and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. While there Manbo documented both the bleakness and beauty of his surroundings using Kodachrome film a techno... Lees meer.
Like its predecessors the third edition of Japanese Americans and World War II provides students of US Asian American World War II history with essential but too-often overlooked at least in most standard US survey textbooks information on what may well be one of... Lees meer.
John E. Schmitz examines the causes conditions and consequences of America s selective relocation and internment of German Italian and Japanese Americans during World War II. Recent decades have drawn more attention to the United States treatment of Japanese Ame... Lees meer.
Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor their way of life there and their eventual assimilation into society following the war.... Lees meer.
On December 1 1941 the author s unit was sent to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to establish an air base. Less than six months later on May 10 1942 Sergeant Nordin was captured by the Japanese. For two years he was imprisoned on Mindanao before boarding... Lees meer.
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Describes the historical context of the Korematsu versus United States Supreme Court Case detailing the claims made by both sides and the outcome.... Lees meer.
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction this is a unique federal report providing information on the facilities used in the World War II internment of Japanese Americans as part of the National Historic Landmarks Program of the Nat... Lees meer.