Wyoming Samurai
Subtitle: the World War II warriors of Heart Mountain
By: Mike Mackey
Publisher: Western History Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cody, Wyoming
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780983085157
Subjects: Japanese American soldiers; History; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese American Participation; Japanese Americans; Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Civil rights; Concentration camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Other titles: World War II warriors of Heart Mountain
Description: "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 camps and sending those who resisted from the prison they inhabited to federal penitentiaries at Leavenworth, Kansas and McNeil Island, Washington"--Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Contradictions and the question of military service; title: Uncle Sam comes knocking; title: Volunteers and military training; title: Different kinds of war; title: Training and the war continue; title: Legend and Heart Mountain's casualty list grow; title: Beginning of the end; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: Heart Mountain honor roll; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.