Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II / Bruce Henderson.

"The true story of the Japanese American soldiers who helped fight the war in the Pacific in World War II"-- One of the last, great untold stories of World War II--kept hidden for decades--even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in...

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Main Author: Henderson, Bruce, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xxii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Prologue: Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 -- The type of soldier we want -- "Harm them ... harm me" -- "Where is Pearl Harbor?" -- Executive Order 9066 -- Rope in the open sea -- Camp Savage -- Solomon Islands -- North to Alaska -- The cousins -- A hazardous mission -- Merrill's Marauders -- Myitkyina -- The Admiralties -- Sulphur Island -- The last invasion -- China -- Return to Japan -- Epilogue: Okinawa, Spring 1995 -- Dramatis personae -- Afterword / by Gerald Yamada. 
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