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Japanese-American Sons Fought And Died In WWII As U.S. Detained Their Family | All Things Considered The Akimoto sons were part of U.S. history few Americans know: the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a military unit made up entirely of the children of Japanese immigrants who volunteered for service during World War II. |
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features.apmreports.org
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 just months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Some 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forced from their homes on the West Coast and sent to one of ten "relocation" camps, where they were imprisoned behind barbed wire for the length of the war. Two-thirds of them were American citizens. |
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www.currentaffairs.org
"It may be tempting, in such circumstances, to believe that being good-the quintessential model minority-and patriotic towards America will spare us from the worst. But neither amounts to a foolproof shield against racism." |
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www.twz.com
Amphibious vehicles fitted with 100-foot extension ladders and topped with guns was developed for one specific D-Day assault mission. A version of the DUKW amphibious truck, fitted with a 100-foot ladder topped with machine guns, was developed for one specific D-Day assault mission. |
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