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Committee on American Principles and Fair Play American Fighting Men Speak Out

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10118 Author/Creator: Committee on American Principles and Fair Play Place Written: Berkeley, California Type: Pamphlet Date: February 15, 1944 Pagination: 19 p. ; Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled American Fighting Men Speak Out published by the Committee on American Principles and Fair Play dated February 15, 1944. Contains numerous excerpts and letters pertaining to the issue of the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The letters are from servicemen reporting conditions and the stalwart nature of their fellow Japanese-American servicemen in the hope promoting fair treatment for these same men. There are also letters from Japanese-American service men discussing their situation and how loyal they are to the United States. Many servicemen's names were withheld.

Chasse, E.D., fl. 1944
Likely, Wadsworth, fl. 1944
Lui, Ralph T., fl. 1944
Smith, Robert A., fl. 1944
Leung, William, fl. 1944
Nishida, Yoshiharu, fl. 1944
Abbott, Glenn, fl. 1944

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