Word: nisei
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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Unhappy too were Nisei, the 79,642 native-born citizens of the U.S. who are descendants of Japanese. Said a young Nisei with yellow skin, slant eyes, and a college education: "Over there I'd be a coolie. Over here...I have enough money to own a car, I can talk to any man. Over here, by God, we believe enough in what we have to fight Japan." But panic was in his heart. Would other U.S. citizens know the difference...
...Fleet Admiral James O. Richardson, greeted him as pretty girls laid leis about his neck. Off California two destroyers met his ship. As he sailed through the Golden Gate a battery at Fort Winfield Scott fired a 19-gun salute. In San Francisco reporters interviewed him and Nisei (U.S.-born Japanese) feted...
Biggest difficulty to date has been to find interpreters for Japanese and Chinese programs. Having consulted all possible sources from missionaries to naval intelligence men, NBC finally decided to try a Los Angeles court interpreter. Barred were local Nisei (second-generation Japanese) on grounds that they might indulge in favoritism...