Generations of Americans have honorably served their country in the military. We the People celebrates Americans who have served and tells their stories, past, present, and future, because every Soldier has a story.

 

Second-generation Japanese Americans, known as Nisei, demanded the right to join the armed forces during World War II. On February 9, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the relocation of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. 122,000 men, women, and children were sent to incarceration camps throughout the United States. Further, the government classified males of Japanese ancestry as enemy aliens. This classification disqualified them from military service. The Army later loosened this restriction in June 1942. Despite the odds, thousands of Nisei Soldiers bravely served in World War II.

 

Learn how their actions, along with thousands of American Soldiers, contributed to the Allied victory.

 

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