Title: Japanese-American service in World War II - Wikipedia
Headings: Japanese-American service in World War II
Japanese-American service in World War II
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Servicemen in the U.S. Army
100th Infantry Battalion
442nd Regimental Combat Team
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Military Intelligence Service
Servicemen in the Army Air Forces
Women's Army Corps
Recognition
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Japanese-American service in World War II
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Boy Scouts at the Granada War Relocation Center raise the flag to half-mast during a Memorial Service for the first six Nisei soldiers from this Center who were killed in action in Italy. The service was attended by 1,500 Amache internees. -- August 5, 1944. Play media
US government-produced film attempting to defend the massive internment of Japanese Americans in detention camps during World War II. ( Media from the Prelinger Archives)
A U.S. soldier and his mother in Florin, Sacramento County, California
US Army promotional pamphlet
During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes in the West Coast because military leaders and public opinion combined to fan unproven fears of sabotage. As the war progressed, many of the young Nisei, Japanese immigrants' children who were born with American citizenship, volunteered or were drafted to serve in the United States military. Japanese Americans served in all the branches of the United States Armed Forces, including the United States Merchant Marine. 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/ 442nd Infantry Regiment became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.