Last month, the Secretary of the Army posthumously promoted seven second-generation ('Nisei') Japanese-American soldiers to the rank of second lieutentant. These men had been ROTC cadets at the University of Hawaii in December of 1941.
They were expelled and forcibly removed to a relocation center on the West Coast after Roosevelt signed an executive order stripping them not only of their chance at serving as officers but most of their legal rights as citizens.
All enlisted in the 442nd Regimental Combat team. All were killed fighting in Europe.
Their names were Grover Nagaji, Howard Urabe, Robert Murata, Jenhatsu Chinen, Daniel Betsui, Hiroichi Tomita and Akio Nishikawa.
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My parents were in awe of the fighting 442nd in WWII. They thought it amazing and admirable that given the way their families were treated by our government they still fought and died for this country. And they considered the internment camps a shameful part of our history.
Even if you can't fully mend a situation, it's never too late to do the right thing.
And Trump's ICE is deporting the families of active duty military personnel.
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