Asian Pacific Americans have made lasting contributions to America’s wartime efforts. These eight stories are from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, with special emphasis on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the “Go for Broke” outfit of Japanese Americans who fought valiantly in Europe during World War II. Many of these men put their lives on the line for their country while their families were confined to internment camps back in the States.
Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke
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personal narrativeGrant Jiro Hirabayashi Collection Technical Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Camp Savage, Minnesota; Bombay, India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
- Contributor: Hirabayashi, Grant Jiro - Shima, Terry T. - Japanese-American Veterans Association (Java)
- Date: 1941
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personal narrativeNorman Saburo Ikari Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Grant, Illinois; Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Naples, Italy; Camp Ritchie, Maryland; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Contributor: Ninomiya, Calvin - Japanese-American Veterans Association (Java) - Ikari, Norman Saburo - Shima, Terry T.
- Date: 1942
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personal narrativeJimmie Kanaya Collection Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific; European Theater; United States. Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea. Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam.
- Contributor: Kanaya, Jimmie - Collins, Denver - Rhay, Gary D. - Timeless Media Group
- Date: 1941
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personal narrativeJohn Junji Katsu Collection Technician Third Grade, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Germany; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Contributor: Frederick County Veterans History Project - Katsu, John Junji - Pritchard, William S. - Sears, Sylvia L.
- Date: 1945
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 02:04:13.2
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personal narrativeYeiichi Kelly Kuwayama Collection Technician Four, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; United States.
- Contributor: Kuwayama, Yeiichi Kelly - Shima, Terry T. - Ninomiya, Calvin - Japanese-American Veterans Association (Java)
- Date: 1941
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personal narrativeGordon Ross Nakagawa Collection Captain, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Nakagawa, Gordon Ross - Veterans History Project - Peach, Kimberly
- Date: 1958
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 01:26:30.0
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personal narrativeCarolyn Hisako Tanaka Collection Captain, Army Nurse Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Ord, California; Long Binh, Vietnam.
- Contributor: Tanaka, Carolyn Hisako
- Date: 1966
- Resource: Memoir, Road Runner" by Caroline Hisako Tanaka - 148 pages
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personal narrativeWarren Michio Tsuneishi Collection Technical Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Savage, Minnesota; Camp Blanding, Florida; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Lewis, Washington; Schofields Barracks, Hawaii; Leyte Island (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Korea.
- Contributor: Sarah Rouse - Library of Congress - Rouse, Sarah Dashiell - Heckscher, Jurretta Jordan - Tsuneishi, Warren Michio
- Date: 1943