The Nisei in World War II

One of the significant factors that brought the US into World War II was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 7th 1941 Japanese carrier-based plans and submarines attacked the Navy ships docked at Pearl Harbor. This attack caused grave damage to the Americans. This was when the Americans stepped out of their isolationism and where the story of the most decorated solders in U.S. History. Due to the attack on Pearl Harbor the …showed first 75 words of 2650 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2650 total…be said of the American people. When they returned from the war they were greeted with hate and bigotry. Their "welcome home signs" consisted of "No Japs Allowed," and "No Japs Wanted." Most of these highly decorated veterans were denied work wherever they went, and their homes were often vandalized. These same men who had once been suspected to be disloyal to America lost their lives fighting for our freedom. May they never be forgotten!