Title	Japanese American soldiers - 3
Photographer	Unknown
Date created	circa 1942-1945
Description	Amache evacuees were deeply involved in military activities. Soon after war was declared, Japanese Americans who were already in the service were either discharged or assigned to non-combat roles. Others of draft age were re-classified 4-F "physically unfit" or 4-C "enemy aliens unacceptable because of nationality or ancestry." On January 28, 1943 the government reversed its position on military service and announced the formation of an all-Japanese American combat team to be made up of volunteers from the mainland and Hawaii. The unit was the 442nd combat team that would become the most highly decorated fighting unit in U.S. military history. The 4C classification would be changed to 1A. Amache men volunteered or were drafted into military service in large numbers. A total of 614 men were called for induction. Of this number, 445 were accepted, 135 rejected, 32 refused to report and 2 were not listed as to status at the time of the report. Of the 32 who refused to report, 31 were eventually brought to trial and sentenced to federal prison. The 31 men said they would not comply with the draft orders as long as their families were incarcerated in the concentration camp. They were considered "resisters of conscience." After the war was over, their cases were reviewed, and in 1947 the men received a pardon from President Harry S. Truman. Thirty-one men from Amache were killed in action during the time their families were still incarcerated. Another 106 were wounded. Men from Amache fought in both the European and the Pacific areas of operation.
Type of object	Image
Physical description	1 slide : color ; 5.08 x 5.08 cm
Institution	Sonoma State University Library Rohnert Park, California
Subject (Place)	Amache (Colo.)
Subject (Name)	Amache Relocation Camp Granada Relocation Center
Subject (Topic)	Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 Japanese American soldiers United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
Copyright statement	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/
Identifier	am2_0033
Original source	Fuchigami, Robert Y.
Source collection	North Bay Ethnic Archive
Digital collection	Camp Amache Digital Collection
Related resoures	http://iii.sonoma.edu/record=b1445694
Related links	http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/granada.htm http://www.amache.org/ http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/
Object form	Photograph
Digital reproduction	Original slide scanned as a jpeg at 2000 dpi and 2000 ppi on the long side--Display jpeg set at 400 dpi and 1024 ppi on the long side
Date digitized	2011
Language	eng
Country of creation	US

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