In their own words they describe their experiences as young men and women in a segregated military, and their lives before, during and after WWII. Includes beautiful black and white portraits of the veterans by the author, Tom Graves.
Paperback. A collection of memoirs and memories--writings of mostly Japanese American veterans and their family members of the first class of the US Army's first Intelligence Language School at the Presidio of San Francisco.
"This is a story about the United States Government's abrogation of a people's civil rights, labeling them as undesirable for military service, then asking them to volunteer for the Army, and eventually drafting them out of concentration ...