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Unsung stories of loyalty come to light in 'Bridge to the Sun'

In his book 'Bridge to the Sun,' Bruce Henderson explores the work of Military Intelligence Service, combining portraits of individual Japanese Americans and their personal history with the larger political events of the 1930s and ’40s. | GETTY IMAGES

By Glen S. Fukushima
Contributing writer

Nov 12, 2022

During World War II, 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry living in the United States — two-thirds of them American citizens — were incarcerated by the U.S. government without due process in internment camps, based on the unwarranted suspicion that they might be loyal to the emperor of Japan and therefore a threat to American national security.

Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II, by Bruce Henderson.448 pagesKNOPF, Nonfiction.

Despite this blatant violation of their constitutional rights, more than 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the U.S. military to contribute to the war effort and to demonstrate their loyalty to their country.

Unsung stories of loyalty come to light in 'Bridge to the Sun'

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