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120,000 people2/3 were citizens

Arizona, California, Utah, Idaho, Colorado,Wyoming

April 1942 – May 1946

U.S. Notables- NISEI = 2nd generation >> ISSEI = 1st generation

- Broke through German wall at Bruyeres to rescue “Lost Battalion”

- “Saving Private Ryan”…- Fought in N. Africa and Europe

- Most highly decoratedunit in U.S. history

Japanese Americans100th bat./442nd reg.

U.S. Notables- 500 men (400 were Marines)

- Worked in Pacific Front

- Extremely complex language

- unwritten- Code never cracked

Navajo Native AmericansCodetalkers

U.S. Notables- Faced discrimination despite high test scores

- Requested for missions after E. Roosevelt took flight test with them

- 1578 missions- 1000+ honors - Never lost a bomber under their protection

Tuskegee Airmen1st Black combat pilots

99th battalion of 332nd regiment

U.S. helped Allied U.S. helped Allied Powers defeat Powers defeat Mussolini Mussolini

in Northern Africa in Northern Africa ((Operation TorchOperation Torch), ),

then focused attention then focused attention on defeated Hitleron defeated Hitler

THE EUROPEAN FRONTTHE EUROPEAN FRONT

Nov 11, 1942