Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II

Henderson, Bruce, 1946- author.

Book 2022

"After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military was desperate to find Americans who spoke Japanese to serve in the Pacific war. They soon turned to the Nisei--first-generation U.S. citizens whose parents were immigrants from Japan. Eager to prove their loyalty to America, several thousand Nisei--many of them volunteering from the internment camps where they were being held behind barbed wire--were selected by the Army for top-se...

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