During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on 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. The related 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated one or more subcamps of the infamous Dachau concentration camp. Other Japanese-American units also included the 100th Infantry Battalion, the Varsity Victory Volunteers, and the Military Intelligence Service. Wikipedia
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Nisei linguists : Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II by 
Japanese Americans in World War II by 
Just Americans : how Japanese Americans won a war at home and abroad : the story of the 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team in World War II by 
Rising sons : the Japanese American GIs who fought for the United States in World War II by 
Foo, a Japanese-American prisoner of the Rising Sun : the secret prison diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita by 
Serving our country : Japanese American women in the military during World War II by 
Going for broke : Japanese American soldiers in the war against Nazi Germany by 
Letters from the 442nd : the World War II correspondence of a Japanese American medic by 
Unlikely liberators : the men of the 100th and 442nd by
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