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Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II / Bruce Henderson.

Henderson, Bruce, 1946- (author.).

Summary:

"The true story of the Japanese American soldiers who helped fight the war in the Pacific in World War II"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525655817
ISBN: 0525655816
Physical Description: xxii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-363, 409-420) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 -- The type of soldier we want -- "Harm them ... harm me" -- "Where is Pearl Harbor?" -- Executive Order 9066 -- Rope in the open sea -- Camp Savage -- Solomons Islands -- North to Alaska -- The cousins -- A hazardous mission -- Merrill's Marauders -- Myitkyina -- The Admiralties -- Sulphur Island -- The last invasion -- China -- Return to Japan -- Okinawa, Spring 1995 -- Dramatis personae -- Afterword / by Gerald Yamada.