The American JapaneseThis title presents the story of Akira Richard Toki - an American patriot. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, to the only Japanese family in the county on the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he went on to serve his country honourably in Italy and France as a member of the famous 100th (The Purple Heart) Battalion. He returned a wounded and decorated veteran to marry a girl that had been incarcerated in one of the notorious 'relocation camps'. |
Contents
Forward | 1 |
Madisons Only Japanese Family | 12 |
The 100th Battalion | 33 |
The Vosges Mountains | 43 |
The Champaign Campaign | 72 |
The Army Occupation | 84 |
The Homecoming | 90 |
Back Home | 110 |
Akira as a recruit | 118 |
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