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James K. Okubo (1920–1967), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; Yukio Okutsu (1921–2003), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; Allen K. Ono, first Japanese-American lieutenant general [6] [7] Frank H. Ono (1923–1980), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; Kazuo Otani (1918–1944), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Many Japanese Americans served with great distinction during World War II in the American forces. Nebraska Nisei Ben Kuroki became a famous Japanese-American soldier of the war after he completed 30 missions as a gunner on B-24 Liberators with the 93rd Bombardment Group in Europe. When he returned to the US he was interviewed on radio and made ...
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.
On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the forced removal of over 110,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and into internment camps for the duration of the war.
Most American Sansei were born during the Baby Boom after the end of World War II; older Sansei, who were living in the western United States during the war, were forcibly incarcerated with their parents (Nisei) and grandparents after Executive Order 9066 was promulgated to exclude everyone of Japanese descent from the West Coast and from ...
Pages in category "American people of Japanese descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 292 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Paul Bannai (1920–2019), an American politician; Frank Chuman (born 1917), a civil rights attorney and author who wrote the Japanese American legal history "Bamboo People" and memoir "Manzanar and Beyond". Sue Kunitomi Embrey (1923–2006) was an editor of the Manzanar Free Press, the camp newspaper, and wove camouflage nets to support the ...
The Go for Broke Monument in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, commemorates the Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II. The National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court in Los Angeles lists the names of all the Japanese Americans killed in service to the country in World War II as well as in Korea ...