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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (645897)	10/16/2004 12:18:24 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

When I was a kid, I watched a black and white movie about that "Nisei" (Japanese-American) regiment. It was a good movie, but I don't remember much about it. A recent movie, "Snow Falling on Cedars," derived from a book of the same name, depicts what some of the Japanese Americans went through and the bitterness that they felt. That film was initially slated to be shot in Ketchikan, Alaska. People in Ketchikan declined to allow that disruption in their lives and put up a fuss. Instead, the movie was shot in British Columbia. Canada knows how to attract movie business.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (645897)	10/16/2004 12:55:11 AM
From: E	Respond to of 769670

I came across this, about the Japanese-American Regiment: All Americans had their rights curtailed to an extent, but Japanese Americans had their rights denied in a severe manner. Contrary to the impressions conveyed by the mass media, Japanese Americans did not sit out the war in the comfort of luxurious camps. They, too, gave their lives in a profound sacrifice to demonstrate that they were loyal; families and communities felt the same loss of war casualties. The racially segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Battalion became the most highly decorated units of their size and length of service in U.S. history. The 442nd rallying cry was "go for broke" and its troop insignia read, "Remember Pearl Harbor" as it campaigned in France, Italy, and Germany, taking on suicide missions. Other Japanese Americans served as interpreters, translators, cartographers, military intelligence analysts, and in various support roles, working throughout the Pacific region and behind the scenes in the United States.