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.
When the US government forced 70 000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry into internment camps in 1942 it created administrative tribunals to pass judgment on who was loyal and who was disloyal. In American Inquisition Eric Muller relates the untold story of exactl... Lees meer.
One of the last great untold stories of World War II kept hidden for decades even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972 many of the files remained untouched in various archives a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henders... Lees meer.
When Andrew Carson joined the United States Army in 1941 he was promised good food travel a supply of clothing a place to sleep and thirty dollars a month. Within seven weeks Private Carson was shipped to the Philippines--with no boot camp no training not one m... Lees meer.
Reveals the important contribution of American codebreakers and intelligence analysts to the nation s victory over Japan during World War II and shows how the Japanese followed American maneuvers in the Pacific. 15 000 first printing.... Lees meer.
From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of A Higher Call an up-close-and-personal account of the Alamo Scouts in World War II. Determined to retake the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942 General Douglas MacArthur needed a... Lees meer.
Captured by the Japanese on Corregidor in 1942 the author a Navy medic found himself aiding many of his fellow captives who had been wounded in the defense of the island. This is his story of imprisonment by the Japanese at camps in the Philippines Japan and Manchur... Lees meer.
The true story of a German-Japanese scheme to turn much of America into a radioactive wasteland. In the early hours of June 24 1944 U.S. Navy warplanes patrolling the Atlantic attacked a Japanese submarine known as the I-52. But this was more than the sinking of one m... Lees meer.
Draws on extensive interviews with the families of four soldiers to chronicle the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe while their parents were forced to surrender their homes and submit to life in concentration camps on American soil.... Lees meer.
When the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in January 1942 76 000 ill and starving Filipino and American troops tried to hold out on Bataan and Corregidor. That spring after having been forced to surrender most of those men were thrown into Ja... Lees meer.
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The stories of Japanese Americans and their allies fighting discrimination in wartime Minnesota highlight how diverse groups stood together amidst the turmoil a legacy relevant in today s equally divisive world. The forced eviction and confinement of Japanese Americans... Lees meer.
The raw data from the census also serve as a decennial snapshot of the nation a very long list organized by household ideally of all people resident on census day with additional information on the name age race sex geographic location and other characteristics... Lees meer.
