Peasant: "How many Japanese yankees have died in your company?" ”
Japanese American Lieutenant: "By the end of the war, only two of our platoon of Japanese soldiers survived. ”
Farmer: "What a pity! There are actually two left! ”
This is a portrayal of the real life of Japanese American soldiers after returning to the United States after the end of World War II.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor accelerated The Entry of the United States into the War and intensified american anti-Japanese sentiment.
There were hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American citizens during World War II, and anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States was high after the outbreak of Pearl Harbor, with some restaurants writing: "This store will poison rats and Japanese Yankees", and barbershops wrote: "Japanese Yankees come in and shave, and they are not responsible for accidents." ”
Eventually, President Roosevelt signed an executive order to centralize Japanese Americans (similar to Nazi concentration camps).
Despite the injustices, Japanese-Americans showed their loyalty to the United States through their actions.
Later, due to the tight war, the U.S. government agreed to the participation of Japanese Americans in the war, and they showed a fighting posture that was not afraid of death in the European battlefield, especially playing an important role in cracking the intelligence of the Japanese army.
However, after the war, Japanese Americans who returned to the United States were not treated as they deserved, especially their families, and their original property was still occupied by whites and not returned.
Mistakes will be corrected one day.
It was not until 1988 that President Reagan apologized on behalf of the U.S. government and made material compensation.
