No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii
When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. In a few weeks, however, the military government disarmed them. This book tells the story of the wartime experience of these young men.
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No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii
When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. In a few weeks, however, the military government disarmed them. This book tells the story of the wartime experience of these young men.
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No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii

No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii

by Franklin Odo
No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii

No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans In Hawaii

by Franklin Odo

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When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. In a few weeks, however, the military government disarmed them. This book tells the story of the wartime experience of these young men.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781592132072
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 12/10/2003
Series: Asian American History & Cultu
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Making of a Model Minority1
1Immigrant Parents9
2Generation on Trial: The 1920s35
3Before the Fire: The 1930s69
4Pearl Harbor101
5Hawai'i Territorial Guard117
6The Varsity Victory Volunteers143
Photo Gallery167
7Schofield Barracks181
8The Front Lines: Battlefront and Home Front221
9After the War253
Conclusion265
AppendixRoster of Varsity Victory Volunteers275
Notes277
Bibliography303
Acknowledgments315
Index317
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