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#Repost @kaze_jones with @get_repost ・・・ I am so appreciative for the @gfbnec and 442nd regiment veteran Don Seki to be part of my new video “Never Again Is Now” feat @arianoeye @a1s4andie Stay tuned for the release... Video by @rookbodega . . . . . . #neveragainisnow #kazejones #dustycrates #goforbroke #442ndregiment #goforbrokespirit #gfbnec #donseki #hiphop #littletokyo #japaneserap #ariano https://www.instagram.com/p/B4tnf2hlRhU/?igshid=15fbt9vzx8ysd

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#Repost @goforbrokespiritbook • • • • • • Leighton “Goro” Sumida saw many horrors of war. A German soldier taking his last breath. A new kid in a fox hole had an artillery blast blow his brains into his helmet, eyeballs in the trenches, legs all torn up and twisting in the wrong direction. And worst of all, fellow dying soldiers asking him to kill them to save them from suffering. When battling to Rome he remembers the 442 cleared the last roadblock but were then ordered to withdraw so that the White American troops could come in and “save the city.” So they stood by and watched as the Haole (Caucasian) troops rode by and took the credit as the city’ s saviors. When he arrived in France, the fighting was still fierce and the 2nd Platoon was practically lost with heavy casualties. The Germans were over on the next bank and shelling the soldiers. The forest was so thick that the “tree bursts” would shower them with burning branches and shrapnel. Once in Bruyères, France, they were greeted with hugs from the locals. To this day there is an annual celebration called “Cérémonies de la Libération de Bruyères par le 442 RCT” or Ceremonies of the Liberation of Bruyères by the 442 RCT and a monument honoring these Japanese Americans, whom they thank for their liberation. It’s ironic and disappointing that there is no celebration of this kind in the United States. . Read the rest of his and other Nisei veterans stories in "The Go For Broke Spirit". Details at our link in bio. . #100thbattalion #GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican #AsianPride#AsianAF #USArmy #WWII #Nisei#internmentcamp #americanhistory#goforbroke #eo9066 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwRzKbXhA1H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eaargx14s8z2

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RT @goforbrokespiritbook I remember Hit Ohara sitting at my dad’s bowling-supply shop back in the early ’70s. My dad custom-drilled bowling balls and sold accessories like bags, shirts, and shoes. Hit would come by all the time, as would lots of other friends, to hang out and talk story. I had no idea about life in internment camps or WWII at the time. Hit was a teenager in Los Angeles and was playing sandlot football when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Being told they were being sent to an internment camp, he said they had about a month to pack. . His family was lucky enough to store what they could not take at Nishi Hongwanji, the local Buddhist church. Being a teenager, he was thinking this was an “adventure” as they boarded a train on May 6, 1942 in Little Tokyo, which would eventually take him to Manzanar in Inyo County, California. “It was barren out there,” Hit recalls. With over 10,000 people and 504 barracks, it was about three to four families to a barrack, as lack of privacy and communal showers were the hardest on people. Hit made the best of it as one of his fondest memories with his friends was pushing up the barbed wire and crawling under the fence at night. Not to escape...but to go fishing! . They hiked up into the foothills, avoiding the searchlights, to the nearby streams. Once there, they used string, bent needles for hooks, and worms or insects as bait. Hit says he managed to catch a small fish and that it was like “something from heaven.” . Read more about Hitoshi “Hit” Ohara and the others in "The Go For Broke Spirit" now available at our website: http://www.thegoforbrokespirit.com or click link in our bio. . #100thbattalion#GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican#AsianPride#AsianAF#USArmy#WWII#Nisei#internmentcamp#americanhistory#goforbroke#eo9066#shanesato https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq4Klaoh3O3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vk4i28hqmlge

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#Repost @goforbrokespiritbook • • • • • • After studying welding, Fumio Steve Shimizu got a job working on a secret, underground fuel-storage facility at Pearl Harbor. His quest to better himself would result in having a front-row seat to one of the most infamous events in history. Steve and the men of his dayshift crew were waiting for the elevator to come up at 8:00 am, standing along a mountain ridge overlooking the harbor. “From where we stood you could see all the ships lined up,” he recalled as he spoke of the planes breaking formation to sweep down on their targets. “The first one was the Arizona, which took a direct hit.” The pilot had crashed his plane into the smokestacks, resulting in a huge explosion and causing the ship to capsize. The speed at which all this occurred is why so many sailors were trapped inside and many others died instantly. Of the 2,400-plus military and civilians who died during the attack, 1,177 were from the USS Arizona. Steve said that the USS Oklahoma was attacked in the same way. . Seeing an attack of this magnitude would either inspire patriotism in you or make you never want anything to do with a battle. For Steve, the choice was clear but the ability to volunteer would not be afforded to him, as he would soon be reclassified as an Enemy Alien. Steve lost his job at Pearl Harbor because of his Japanese heritage, yet his skills as a welder were in high demand, especially now that the US was in a state of war. Steve’s opportunity to join the 442nd came along in 1943 and he went to the mainland for training. . #100thbattalion#GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican#AsianPride#AsianAF#USArmy#WWII#Nisei#internmentcamp#americanhistory#goforbroke#eo9066#shanesato#militaryintelligenceservice https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfZSyGBAGn2Q9kiTJ19n7xOvQgVnITCZWPUoc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ub4xd8bauezf

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Reposted from @goforbrokespiritbook - Saburo Nishime remembered during training what Captain Mizuna always emphasized to the men: “As Nisei soldiers we need to get into combat, to make the necessary sacrifices before we can hold our heads up as Americans.” Saburo took this to heart as he saw the first action the 100th was ever involved in Italy. The first morning as they were approaching the enemy, he saw a “bayonet driven into the ground with a helmet draped over the gun.” It had a “neat hole through the helmet.” This was Joe Takata’s rifle and helmet, and he was the first 100th soldier to be killed in action. . Read more of his story as well as others in 'The Go For Broke Spirit" available for purchase at the link in our bio or www.thegoforbrokespirit.com. . #100thbattalion#GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican#AsianPride#AsianAF#USArmy#WWII#Nisei#internmentcamp#americanhistory#goforbroke#eo9066#shanesato https://www.instagram.com/p/BstZaTBhvu6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=76atokcm9qph

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#Repost @goforbrokespiritbook Arthur Tasaka is a proud man, though it’s not the boisterous, bragging type of pride, but the understated pride associated with his Japanese heritage. You might be familiar with the type of pride taken in doing a task to the best of your ability and quietly accepting the fact that no one complained about the results as the only needed confirmation of a job well done. . Though he had served in the 442nd, he never spoke about his WWII experience with his children. He didn’t even start acknowledging some of his unit’s accomplishments, or that he played a role in their success, until his grandchildren started directly asking him questions. Even then he gave out bits of info as if it was classified and his family didn’t have the appropriate clearance. As more records were being released, a family friend approached his daughter and said, “Did you know your dad was awarded the Silver Star?” When asked about this, he just responded that it was no big deal. But a quick read of the commendation report that his officer submitted in recommending Arthur for the Silver Star, the US Army’s third-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat, tells you it was a “big deal,” especially to the guy whose life he saved. . Read more of Arthur's story as well as others in "The Go For Broke Spirit". More info at TheGoForBrokeSpirit.com. Link in bio. . #100thbattalion#GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican#AsianPride#AsianAF#USArmy#WWII#Nisei#internmentcamp#americanhistory#goforbroke#eo9066#ShaneSato https://www.instagram.com/p/BojgwbHBTix/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b7imxo1reb0w

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RT @goforbrokespiritbook Recalling one situation that caused a lot of controversy and tension, Tetsuo Asato spoke about the paper that the government handed out in all of the War Relocation Authority camps, which many refer to as the “Loyalty Questionnaire.” The unrest stemmed from two questions, #27 and #28. Tets explained, “It pertained to whether or not you would be loyal to the United States and the other one was if you would serve in the armed forces of the United States.” It was the various interpretations of the actual wording that caused so much confusion and turmoil between friends and family members. “Do you foreswear any allegiance to the Emperor of Japan?” As Americans, many pondered, how can you “foreswear” an allegiance that you never had? As to the question of serving in the armed forces, while many were eager to join, others felt it wasn’t right to be coerced to join the Army while their civil rights as US citizens were being denied to them. . “There were those that said ‘No-Nos’ and some of them were friends of mine, good friends.... And they’re still friends of mine today.” Tets continued, “There were some Issei and Nisei that went to Tule Lake and some older ones that wanted to go back to Japan. Then there were others that refused to go to service and they were ‘No-Nos’.... They were good people, but they had to serve time in the prison in the state of Washington. Sometimes I get the feeling that they wish they had gone into the service, because of what they had to go through. I do recall, when I was drafted, going through Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I was on the train to Fort Logan, Colorado, and these guys, a whole bunch of them, that said ‘No-No’ were up on the top of a roof and I was waving to them. These guys were the ‘No-Nos’ and they all went to prison.” . Read more of Tetsuo and the others' stories in "The Go For Broke Spirit" available at www.thegoforbrokespirit.com or click the link in the bio. . #100thbattalion#GoForBrokeSpirit#442nd#JapaneseAmerican#AsianAmerican#AsianPride#AsianAF#USArmy#WWII#Nisei#internmentcamp#americanhistory#goforbroke#eo9066#shanesato https://www.instagram.com/p/BrCPRkyBMNU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ecu7a9pyqpjv