Serving Our Country: Japanese American Women in the Military During World War II

by Brenda L. Moore and Professor Brenda Lee Moore

Book Overview

Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and America's declaration of war on Japan, the U.S. War Department allowed up to five hundred second-generation, or "Nisei," Japanese American women to enlist in the Women's Army Corps and, in smaller numbers, in the Army Medical Corps.

Through in-depth interviews with surviving Nisei women who served, Brenda L. Moore provides fascinating firsthand accounts of their experiences. Interested primarily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813532787
• ISBN13: 9780813532783
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"