Word: nisei
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first group soon got a real test. Formed up as the 100th Infantry Battalion, they were sent to North Africa, attached to the 34th Division. To keep them a racial unit the War Department sent along 500 reserve Nisei to augment the 100th's normal battalion strength of 800. The reserves were soon needed...
...action at Belvedere, for which the 100th was officially cited, the divisional commander had to commit the battalion sooner than expected, to outflank a tough German position. With little artillery support the Nisei cut behind the position of some 500 Germans, knocked it to pieces, killed, wounded and captured 271 Germans...
...Larger Problem. In these camps are some 12,000 Japanese, both Canadian-born Nisei and immigrants from Nippon. Eleven thousand others have found temporary work in lumber camps or farms in other provinces. Of the 23,000 Japanese in Canada, only 431 have been interned since Pearl Harbor, 256 of them Canadian citizens. In spite of this record, British Columbians (and most Canadians) view both Nisei and other Japanese with deep suspicion. Unlike the U.S., Canada has not called any Canadians of Japanese blood in her draft...
...Nisei in Battle...
Sirs: We are just back from overseas where we were trying to preserve democracy for the very same people who say the Nisei should be deported...