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Forgotten heroes: Japanese Americans in World War Two

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author Daniel James Brown reveals how a group of young Japanese Americans overcame suspicion and prejudice to become some of the most decorated US soldiers in World War Two. (Ad) Daniel James Brown is the author of Facing The Mountain: The Forgotten Heroes of World War II (Viking, 2021). Buy it now at Bookshop.org: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.bookshop.org%2Fbooks%2Ffacing-the-mountain-a-true-story-of-japanese-american-heroes-in-world-war-ii-9780241356586%2F9780241356586 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. Right. And remember,

0:27.5

it's just between us.

0:45.3

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

1:00.4

I'm Rob Atter. Following the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941,

1:05.4

the Japanese-American population faced increased scrutiny, prejudice,

1:10.3

and for tens of thousands of them, years of internment in concentration camps. Nevertheless, many young

1:14.0

Japanese-American men willingly signed up to fight for the United States, and their tale is told

1:19.9

in facing the mountain by the best-selling author Daniel James Brown. I spoke to Daniel about

1:27.2

the battles they faced on the front line

1:28.9

and that their families faced back home.

1:32.0

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor,

1:34.5

how would you describe the situation of the Japanese-American population?

1:38.5

Before the beginning of World War II,

1:41.3

before the attack on Pearl Harbor,

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