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DESCRIPTION:&lt;em&gt;Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;is a compelli
 ng story of courage\, community\, endurance\, and reparation. It shares th
 e experiences of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Army du
 ring World War II\, fighting on the front lines in Italy and France\, serv
 ing as linguists in the South Pacific\, and working as cooks and medics.\n
 \nThe soldiers were from Hood River\, Oregon\, where their families were l
 andowners and fruit growers. Town leaders\, including veterans&#x27; groups\, a
 ttempted to prevent their return after the war and stripped their names fr
 om the local war memorial. All of the soldiers were American citizens\, bu
 t their parents were Japanese immigrants and had been imprisoned in camps 
 as a consequence of Executive Order 9066. The racist homecoming reception 
 that the Hood River Japanese American soldiers received was decried across
  the nation.\n\nLinda Tamura\, who grew up in Hood River and whose father 
 was a veteran of the war\, conducted extensive oral histories with the vet
 erans\, their families\, and members of the community. She had access to h
 undreds of recently uncovered letters and documents from private files of 
 a local veterans&#x27; group that led the campaign against the Japanese America
 n soldiers. This book also includes the little known story of local Nisei 
 veterans who spent 40 years appealing their convictions for insubordinatio
 n.\n\nLinda Tamura is professor of education at Willamette University in S
 alem\, Oregon. She is the author of&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;The Hood River Issei: An Ora
 l History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon&#x27;s Hood River Valley.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;\n
 Free with Museum admission.&amp;nbsp\;Reservations recommended to rsvp@janm.or
 g or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;
 http://www.janm.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.janm.org&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;ht
 tp://janmstore.com/150534.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Purchase the book from the
  Museum Store &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a&gt;
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SUMMARY:BOOKS and CONVERSATIONS: &quot;Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence&quot; by Li
 nda Tamura
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