Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II - Northwest Indian College

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Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II / Daniel James Brown.

Brown, Daniel James, 1951- (author.).

Summary:

Draws on extensive interviews with the families of four soldiers to chronicle the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe while their parents were forced to surrender their homes and submit to life in concentration camps on American soil.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593414392
ISBN: 059341439X
Physical Description: xxi, 804 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First large print edition.
Publisher: [New York, New York] : Random House Large Print, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-759) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Prologue -- Shock -- Exile -- Kotonks and buddhaheads -- A thousand stitches -- To the gates of hell -- Home -- Epilogue.

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Subject:: United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.
Japanese American soldiers > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Japanese American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Large type books.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Livres en gros caractères.
large print books.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural, Ethnic & Regional > Asian & Asian American.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > World.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination.
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.
Japanese American soldiers.
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Genre:: Large type books.
History.
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