Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)

Len O said Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence. Excellent read.I am an Oregon resident, and my parents were both WW II vets, so I heard a lot about the internment of the Issei/Nisei generation's imprisonment (What else can one call it?) during the war. (My father's best childhood friend, and a dear friend in hi. Excellent Research on part of the earlier history of Hood River . Margaret C. Jacob As a resident growing up and having as classmates several Japanese Americans including Joan Yasui Emerson, I can concur with the previous reviewers that this is a very thorough, well researched and detailed history of what happened back about the time some of us w. Being from Hood River, I am ashamed of the Amazon Customer Being from Hood River, I am ashamed of the way these courageous soldiers were treated. I was not born until the early 50's but, I would hope that I had enough courage to stand up for these war hero's when they came back to their home town. I knew a lot of these me

The racist homecoming that the Hood River Japanese American soldiers received was decried across the nation.Linda Tamura, who grew up in Hood River and whose father was a veteran of the war, conducted extensive oral histories with the veterans, their families, and members of the community. Army during World War II, fighting on the front lines in Italy and France, serving as linguists in the South Pacific, and working as cooks and medics. It shares the experiences of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community, endurance, and reparation. The soldiers were from Hood River, Oregon, where their families were landowners and fruit growers. All of the soldiers were American citizens, but their parents were Japanese immigrants and had been imprisoned in camps as a consequence of Executive Order 9066. This book also includes the little known story of local Nisei veterans who spent 40 years appealing their convictions for insubordination.Watch the book trailer: http: //youtube/watch?v=hHMcFdmixLk. She had access to hundreds of recently uncovered letters and documents

Her book is backed by all of the expected (and nicely utilized) sources what helps to distinguish the book as unique are the multitude of rare interviews Highly recommended." -J. Robbins"Oregon Historical Quarterly" (01/01/2013)Tamura's Nisei Soldiers is an interesting, solidly researched, and well-written piece of history, one that fills a gap in the literature on the American war experience.--Thomas Saylor"Oral History Review" (01/01/2013)An important book about a shameful era in the history of the Columbia gorge. T. Robbins"Oregon Historical Quarterly" (01/01/2013)Tamura's Nisei Soldiers is an interesting, solidly researched, and well-written piece of history, one that fills a gap in the literature on the American war experience.--Thomas Saylor"Oral History Review" (01/01/2013)An important book about a shameful era in the history of the Columbia g

She is the author of The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley.. Linda Tamura is professor of education at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon