Facing the Mountain, by Daniel James Brown
In the middle of the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles, there s a monument dedicated to the 442nd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, which was composed of Nisei, second-generation Japanese American soldiers in World War II.
Named after the regiment s motto Go For Broke the inscription on the monument reads in part, Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty.
In his excellent new book,
Facing the Mountain, by Daniel James Brown Viking
In the middle of the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles, there s a monument dedicated to the 442nd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, which was composed of Nisei, second-generation Japanese American soldiers in World War II.
Named after the regiment s motto Go For Broke the inscription on the monument reads in part, Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty.
In his excellent new book,
Facing the Mountain, Daniel James Brown tells the story of the men of the 442nd and their families, who through their actions, laid bare for all the world to see what exactly it means to be an American. It s a fascinating account of some of the bravest Americans who ever lived, and a sobering reminder of a dark chapter in American history years of