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Japanese Americans served in all the branches of the United States Armed Forces, including the United States Merchant Marine. [1] An estimated 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 joined the Army. Approximately 800 were killed in action.
It has been estimated that between 12,000 [119] and 20,000 [120] Chinese American men, representing up to 22 percent of the men in their portion of the U.S. population, served during World War II. [11] Of those serving about 40 percent were not citizens, [2] and unlike Japanese and Filipino Americans, 75 percent served in non-segregated units. [2]
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They were taken from Sacramento or nearby across much of the country as children.
During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans fought for the U.S. against Japan, now their story is finally being told
Eventually 33,000 Japanese American men and many Japanese American women served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 served in the U.S. Army. [173] [174] The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans, served with uncommon distinction in the European Theatre of World War II.
Sharon Yukiye Wu, 71, was born a decade after thousands of Japanese Americans were ordered to be imprisoned during World War II.
Hispanic Americans, also referred to as Latinos, served in all elements of the American armed forces in the war.They fought in every major American battle in the war. According to House concurrent resolution 253, 400,000 to 500,000 Hispanic Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, out of a total of 16,000