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2005-08-12 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sad that the sneak attack caused suspicion on so many patriotic Japanese-heritage Americans (why is that phrase so hard to adopt instead of Japanese-Americans?). My hat's off to this patriot and American

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-12 00:25|| 2005-08-12 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 America could not take the risk, even of a minority of Japanses-Americans acting as five-columnists. Think in what would have happened at Midway if the position of the outnumbered (and with outclassed planes) American carriers had been known to the Japanese.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-08-12 02:06|| 2005-08-12 02:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Frank G, my feelings are mixed - or rather, I feel as both you and JFM do. (My parents are Chinese-born but I'm an American. I'd love to see the PRC go down, and I do not consider myself "overseas Chinese.")

Thank God though that Kuroki didn't lose heart, that the Secretary of War realized he was fit to serve his country and that he has finally been (does it usually take this long for everyone?) recognized for his honorable service. :)

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-08-12 04:38|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-08-12 04:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Towards the end of the war, some Nisei effectively saw action against the Japanese and in at least one occasion Japanese troops were lured in an ambush by Japanese-Americans.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-08-12 06:30|| 2005-08-12 06:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you, Mr. Kuroki for your service! I was born long after the Great War was done, so I don't have much personal "insight" into the rights/wrongs of how we treated the Japanese back then who lived here. But, to me, this is America at it's finest...the difference between us and other forms of gov't. You see that in the Sec. of War's determination that as an INDIVIDUAL, Mr. Kuroki deserved to be where he wanted to be. Pretty much any other gov't (after being attacked by the Japanese), would've rounded 'em up and deported/internment camp'd 'em, and none of them would've been allowed to fight for that country's army, that's for sure.

Posted by BA 2005-08-12 07:49|| 2005-08-12 07:49|| Front Page Top

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