Army posthumously promotes Japanese-American soldiers 80 years after Pearl Harbor

During World War II, seven cadets at the University of Hawaii’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program were blocked from ...

Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' to be promoted posthumously

The seven were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Wasabi punishment nets Japanese army officer a monthlong suspension

TOKYO — A serving of wasabi can be its own punishment, but rarely for two. A Japanese officer has been suspended for a month for forcing a subordinate soldier, who was caught dozing, to eat the strong ...
Military Times

Seven ‘Nisei’ soldiers of the 442nd posthumously receive commission

The owner of this Oakland, California, store, a UC graduate, posted this sign on Dec. 8, 1941. (Library of Congress) The Secretary of the Army is working to right an eight-decade wrong. Last month, ...