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Japanese Americans classified as “enemy aliens,” 65–66, 90
Japanese Americans’ commitment to, 64, 65–67, 78
recruiting soldiers for, 73–76, 163
of women, 165–166
See also specific units
Miller, Virgil, 161–162
Minaga, Yuki, 152
mines, 130–131
Minidoka camp, 111
Munemori, Sadao, 176
Muranaga, Kiyoshi, 127
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N
New York, news of Japan’s surrender in, 193–194
Nisei. See Japanese Americans
Nishizawa, Toshio, 184
Normandy, France, 121
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oath-of-allegiance requirements, 110
Obama, Barack, 201
Oda, Jimi, 176
Oiye, George
and assault on Nazi Germany, 170
at Camp Shelby, 105
and Dachau concentration camp, 184–185
under fire in Italy, 121
and Hawaiian Pidgin, 105
joining the military, 90–92
and Lost Battalion rescue, 147, 152, 154
Okubo, James, 141–143, 155
100th Infantry Battalion
casualties of, 130, 202
and final assault on Nazi Germany, 175
and 442nd RCT, 93–94, 96, 122–123
Germans ambushed by, 128–129
and Lei Day in war zone, 108
and Lost Battalion rescue, 144
return to Camp Shelby, 93–94
141st Infantry Regiment, 142, 144–155, 157
Onoye, Lloyd, 59, 74, 75, 107
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P
Patch, Alexander, 136, 179
Patton, George S., 136
Pearl Harbor attack (December 7, 1941)
air strike, 1–6, 3, 5
and Eleanor Roosevelt, 33
news reports of, 12–13, 20, 26–27
public response to, 13–14
Pence, Charles Wilbur, 96, 128, 149, 161, 171
Poston Chronicle, 160, 166
Poston concentration camp
end of incarcerations in, 166–167
establishment of, 53
life and community in, 56, 57–59, 163
living conditions at, 53–55, 54, 57
memorial services for soldiers, 134–135, 164
and recruitment for military service, 73–76, 163
Rudy’s cooking in, 55–57
Pozzi, Ed and Henry, 38, 51
property rights, 37–38
Pursall, Alfred A., 150–152, 192, 199
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Quakers, 45, 46, 47, 63, 79, 191
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R
racism
after the war, 198
as continuing problem for Asians, 203–204
following Pearl Harbor attack, 12–13, 22–23
from government officials, 22–23
in Hollywood, 23
and interracial marriage of Gordon, 113
“Jap” (racial slur), vii, 10, 12–13, 61, 198, 203
and language choices in book, vii
in schools, 30
and “Yellow Peril” claims, 23, 203–204
See also discrimination
radio broadcasts, 11, 12
railroad work, 15–16
Rankin, John, 22, 32
Reagan, Ronald, 200
relocation centers, vi–vii. See also concentration camps
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), 5–6, 44
restaurants, discrimination in, 81–82
Revisto, Michael, 48–49
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 33, 166
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 12, 33, 35, 66, 108
rumors, circulation of, 8–9, 31
Ryder, Charles, 128
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S
Sakumoto, Mutt, 157
Salinas Assembly Center, 51–52
Schmoe, Floyd, 79
The Seattle Times, 61
Selective Service and the draft
and civil rights violations, 111
and draft resisters, 111, 114–115
establishment of Japanese American combat team, 67, 69 (see also 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 100th Infantry Battalion)
exclusion of Japanese Americans from, 64, 65
Gordon’s noncompliance with, 109–110
reinstated for Japanese Americans, 109
Shimamura, Joe, 154
Shiosaki, Blanche (Fred’s sister), 32, 77, 194
Shiosaki, Fred
and attack on Pearl Harbor, 11–12
at Camp Shelby, 104, 105
and citizenship of parents, 199–200
as “enemy alien,” 32
enlisting in army, 65–66, 67, 76–78, 77
first day in combat, 126, 127, 129
fishing, 133
at French-Italian border, 169
in Germany, 173, 176, 177
and Germany’s surrender, 188
and Hawaiian Pidgin, 105
injured in battle, 154
in Italy, 120
K Company assignment, 107
and Lost Battalion rescue, 145–147, 148, 152, 154, 155, 160
and public response to Pearl Harbor, 14, 17–18
returning home from war, 194
trench foot of, 141, 160
in Vosges of France, 137–138, 139, 140
Shiosaki, Kisaburo (Fred’s father)
and attack on Pearl Harbor, 11–12
background of, 15–16
and citizenship, 199–200
fear of incarceration, 64
and Fred’s military service, 67, 76–78, 194
and racist customer, 14–15, 64–65
Shiosaki, Roy (Fred’s brother), 64, 194
Shiosaki, Tori (Fred’s mother), 11–12, 16–17, 64, 76, 194, 199–200
Shishido, Akira, 176
Simpson, Will, 14–15, 64–65
Singles, Gordon, 128
63rd Infantry Division, 179
Smith, Nolle, 24
Smith, Walter Bedell, 186
The Stars and Stripes, 136
Stimson, Henry Lewis, 66–67
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Tanaka, Chester, 88, 152, 156, 157
tanks, 127, 147–148, 150
36th Infantry Division, 137
Tokiwa, Duke (Rudy’s brother), 58
Tokiwa, Fumi (Rudy’s sister), 27, 31, 38, 54
Tokiwa, Fusa (Rudy’s mother), 37, 40, 54, 159, 160
Tokiwa, Jisuke (Rudy’s father), 29–31, 37, 40
Tokiwa, Rudy, 36
American identity of, 76
Bronze Star of, 196
at Camp Shelby, 104, 107
in concentration camps, 40, 42, 51–52, 53–59
and death of Madokoro, 131
and destruction of cultural items, 29
enlisting in army, 74, 75–76, 75
family in Poston camp, 159–160
first day in combat, 127, 129
foraging of, 131–132
at French-Italian border, 169
and German prisoners of war, 137
and German wounded, 141–143
in Germany, 173, 176, 177, 178
injured in battle, 178, 196
K Company assignment, 107
and Lost Battalion rescue, 150–151, 152, 157, 158
lucky rice kernel of, 117–118
and mine fields, 131
and Pearl Harbor attack, 26–27, 29
postwar activism of, 200
returning home from war, 194–196
role as runner, 131
and social tensions in 442nd RCT, 100
time in Japan, 27–28, 76
in Vosges of France, 137–138, 141–142
youth of, 28
Truman, Harry, 199, 199
Tule Lake concentration camp, 60, 115
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U
US Constitution, 31, 48, 63, 82, 110
US Department of Justice, 33
US Department of War, 33, 65
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Walters, Frank, 62–63
War Relocation Authority (WRA), 35–36, 57
warrior’s code (Bushido), 107
Wartime Civil Control Administration, 48–49
Western Defense Command, 63
Wicker, Heinrich, 183
women, military service of, 165–166
Women’s Army Corps, 165
The World Today (radio program), 12
World War I, 29–30, 78
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Y
Yamada, Masao, 97–98, 124, 133
Yamashita, Arthur, 175
Yattaw, Walter, 160
“Yellow Peril” claims, 23, 203–204
Yogi, Matsuichi, 148–149
Yonashiro, Flint, 180
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About the Author
Daniel James Brown is the author of The Indifferent Stars Above and Under a Flaming Sky, which was a finalist for the B&N Discover Great New Writers Award, as well as The Boys in the Boat, a New York Times bestselling book that was awarded the ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. He has taught writing at San José State University and Stanford University. He lives outside Seattle.
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Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain (Adapted for Young Readers)
