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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
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This book should be required reading for all Americans. It contains a story I had not heard of until reading "About Face" by Col. David Hackworth this past year. I conveniently stumbled across this book shortly after.
Like many WWII books it contains individual feats of heroism under fire, however this book is full of more than that.
This book addresses a failure of Americans to live up to our values. It speaks to the racial bigotry of the America in the 30s-40s. It tells the story of Japanese American's and their fight to prove to their fellow Americans that they not only belonged here but were willing to fight and die for a country that imprisoned their families on the grounds of race and ancestry alone. Their parents barred from citizenship gave their sons to fight for others freedom.
Many of us know the stories of the Tuskegee Airman and the Navajo code talkers. This story deserves to be just as well known as those.
In an era of renewed racial hostility and bigotry, Americans would do well to be reminded of the values our country strives for. While we have failed at attaining those values historically and in the present. We need all be reminded what can be accomplished, when we as Americans come together and fight for the greater good.
Like many WWII books it contains individual feats of heroism under fire, however this book is full of more than that.
This book addresses a failure of Americans to live up to our values. It speaks to the racial bigotry of the America in the 30s-40s. It tells the story of Japanese American's and their fight to prove to their fellow Americans that they not only belonged here but were willing to fight and die for a country that imprisoned their families on the grounds of race and ancestry alone. Their parents barred from citizenship gave their sons to fight for others freedom.
Many of us know the stories of the Tuskegee Airman and the Navajo code talkers. This story deserves to be just as well known as those.
In an era of renewed racial hostility and bigotry, Americans would do well to be reminded of the values our country strives for. While we have failed at attaining those values historically and in the present. We need all be reminded what can be accomplished, when we as Americans come together and fight for the greater good.
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