Facing the Mountain
nonfictionRegimental Combat TeamarmyJapanese American Soldiersmilitary campaigns
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Facing the Mountain is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown’s extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. But this is more than a war story. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers’ parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses, surrender their homes, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of a brave young man, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best–striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.
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nonfictionRegimental Combat TeamarmyJapanese American Soldiersmilitary campaignsregimental histories
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EuropeUnited StatesFranceGermanyItaly1939-194520th century
About the author
Daniel James Brown
1951
Daniel James Brown is a technical writer and editor and writer of narrative nonfiction.
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