Most Honorable Son A Forgotten Hero’s Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II | 3.38 MB
Title: Most Honorable Son A Forgotten Hero’s Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II
Author: Gregg Jones
Category: Nonfiction, History, Military, United States, World War II, Biography & Memoir
Language: English | 368 Pages | ISBN: 9780806542959
Description:
Foreword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of Densho
Introduction by William Fujioka of JANM
Afterword by Jonathan Eig
The first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Kuroki, who fought the Axis powers during World War II and battled racism, injustice, and prejudice on the home front.
WINNER OF THE NEBRASKA BOOK AWARD
Ben Kuroki was a twenty-four-year-old Japanese American farm boy whose heritage was never a problem in remote Nebraska-until Pearl Harbor. Among the millions of Americans who flocked to military stations to enlist, Ben wanted to avenge the attack, reclaim his family honor, and prove his patriotism. But as anti-Japanese sentiment soared, Ben had to fight to be allowed to fight for America. And fight he did.
As a gunner on Army Air Forces bombers, Ben flew fifty-eight missions spanning three combat theaters: Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific, including the climactic B-29 firebombing…
Foreword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of Densho
Introduction by William Fujioka of JANM
Afterword by Jonathan Eig
The first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Kuroki, who fought the Axis powers during World War II and battled racism, injustice, and prejudice on the home front.
WINNER OF THE NEBRASKA BOOK AWARD
Ben Kuroki was a twenty-four-year-old Japanese American farm boy whose heritage was never a problem in remote Nebraska-until Pearl Harbor. Among the millions of Americans who flocked to military stations to enlist, Ben wanted to avenge the attack, reclaim his family honor, and prove his patriotism. But as anti-Japanese sentiment soared, Ben had to fight to be allowed to fight for America. And fight he did.
As a gunner on Army Air Forces bombers, Ben flew fifty-eight missions spanning three combat theaters: Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific, including the climactic B-29 firebombing…
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