![]() Fighting in five major campaigns in the European and Mediterranean theaters, and sustaining massive losses, the four-four-two went on to become the most decorated unit of its size in U.S. Facing ongoing intolerance and limited opportunities for employment and integration into American society, the Nisei men were anxious to prove their devotion to their country. While all were American-born citizens of Japanese ancestry, few had traveled to Japan or spoke Japanese. The 442nd, like the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of African-American soldiers in the Civil War, emerged from the shadows of discrimination and deprivation. Still, the service they rendered to their nation in the years that followed as members of America’s 442nd all-Nisei Regiment, not only helped bring an end to World War II it refuted their own nation’s worst instincts. For these two “Nisei” (American-born children of Japanese immigrants), December 7th, 1941 was darker than for most, since it led to their being labeled “enemy aliens.” ![]() ![]() Like most Americans, Don Seki and Frank Mitoshi Wada remember the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii as a dark day. ![]()
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