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

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Daniel James, 1951- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Subjects:	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. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American. HISTORY / Military / World War II. HISTORY / World. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination. Japanese Americans. Japanese American soldiers. Military campaigns. Regimental histories. Europe. United States. 1900-1999 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xx, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	True story of Japanese American heroes in World War II
Format:	Book

Contents:

Prologue
Shock
Exile
Kotonks and buddhaheads
A thousand stitches
To the gates of hell
Home
Epilogue.