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Author Henderson, Bruce, 1946- author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3000250~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  940.5308995 HEN    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  940.5308995 HEN    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  940.5308995 HEN    AVAILABLE
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Description xxii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "A Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-420) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "The true story of the Japanese American soldiers who helped fight the war in the Pacific in World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American.
Japanese American soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
Japanese American soldiers -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
ISBN 9780525655817 (hardcover)
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