Rising Sons: The Japanese-American GI's Who Fought for the United States in World War II - Hardcover

Yenne, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312354649 ISBN 13: 9780312354640

Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books, 2007

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR "RISING SONS: " ""Rising Sons" is the best book yet written on the saga of the heroic Japanese Americans who served the United States so well during World War II. Yenne combines in-depth research with poignant personal narratives to make this fast-moving history a real page turner." --Walter J. Boyne, former Director of the National Air & Space Museum and author of "Beyond the Wild Blue" "Bill Yenne's "Rising Sons" shines a bright light onto a neglected aspect of the US Army during World War II. By exploring the life, times, triumphs and tribulations of Japanese - Americans who fought in 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Yenne uncovers a remarkable story. With its carefully developed mixture of rigorous analysis and copious interviews, this book is not only learned, it is also a first rate read." --Lloyd Clark, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, U.K. and author of "Anzio"" Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944" ADVANCE PRAISE FOR "RISING SONS: " ""Rising Sons" is the best book yet written on the saga of the heroic Japanese Americans who served the United States so well during World War II. Yenne combines in-depth research with poignant personal narratives to make this fast-moving history a real page turner." --Walter J. Boyne, former Director of the National Air & Space Museum and author of "Beyond the Wild Blue" "Bill Yenne's "Rising Sons" shines a bright light onto a neglected aspect of the US Army during World War II. By exploring the life, times, triumphs and tribulations of Japanese - Americans who fought in 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Yenne uncovers a remarkable story. With its carefully developed mixture of rigorous analysis and copious interviews, this book is not only learned, it is also a first rate read." --Lloyd Clark, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, U.K. and author of "Anzio"" Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944"

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For its size and length of service, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated in the history of the U.S. Army, but what really set the 442nd apart was that they came from U.S. internment camps, fighting while their families remained captive back home. Others came from Hawaii, where they had witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbour firsthand, before going to Europe. Many were active in the Pacific in the Military Intelligence Service and in the spec-ops commando team Merrill's Marauders. With impeccable research and vivid interviews, "Rising Sons" honours the Japanese-Americans of the Greatest Generation, men willing to lay down their lives for a country they were uncertain would ever accept them again - as President Clinton said of the 442nd: "Rarely has a nation been so well served by a people it so ill-treated."

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• Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312354649
• ISBN 13: 9780312354640
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304