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Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII stamp today. This commemorative Forever stamp honors the second-generation Japanese Americans, also known as nisei, that formed one of the most distinguished American fighting units of World War II: the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, whose motto was "Go for Broke." Postal Service honors Japanese Americans veterans with new World War II stamp. The stamp was dedicated during a virtual c...

The soldiers who fought enemies abroad and prejudice at home Susan H. Kamei View Comments Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire – and then being required to join the military to fight for the nation that had locked up you and your family. That’s what happened in a little-known chapter of U.S. history, in which many of those men went on to become American military heroes, some making the ultimate sacrifice. These soldiers, along with all other Japanese Americans who served in the U.S. armed forc...

Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service.

My family moved to Tempe from San Francisco in 1974 when my father opened a Chinese restaurant. He worked hard to create a life for us during a time when a handful of other Asian families were doing the same. There weren’t many of us then, but that’s changed. Asians comprised 8.78% of the Tempe population in 2018, according to Data USA, making us the third largest group behind whites and Hispanics. Our families have grown and thrived here over the past five decades, but it didn’t come without great sacrifice and hard work.    I am the daughter of Chinese immigrants. I wouldn’t...

Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service.