03333nam 22006254a 450 991082723300332120200520144314.00-8135-7110-30-8135-3522-010.36019/9780813571102(CKB)1000000000031392(EBL)3032100(OCoLC)58752355(SSID)ssj0000244467(PQKBManifestationID)11200466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244467(PQKBWorkID)10190793(PQKB)10852837(MiAaPQ)EBC3032100(MdBmJHUP)muse52911(DE-B1597)530071(DE-B1597)9780813571102(OCoLC)1156957486(EXLCZ)99100000000003139220020926d2003 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrServing our country Japanese American women in the military during World War II /Brenda L. Moore1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20031 online resource (237 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-3277-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.Front matter --Contents --Tables --Preface and Acknowledgments --Chapter 1. Introduction --Chapter 2. Before the War --Chapter 3. Contradictions and Paradoxes --Chapter 4. Women’s Army Corps Recruitment of Nisei Women --Chapter 5. Service in the Women’s Army Corps --Chapter 6. Commissions in the Army Medical Corps --Chapter 7. The Postwar Years --Appendix: Wacs Who Entered the Army from Hawaii, December 1944 --Notes --Glossary --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorFollowing the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and America's declaration of war on Japan, the U.S. War Department allowed up to five hundred second-generation, or "Nisei," Japanese American women to enlist in the Women's Army Corps and, in smaller numbers, in the Army Medical Corps. Through in-depth interviews with surviving Nisei women who served, Brenda L. Moore provides fascinating firsthand accounts of their experiences. Interested primarily in shedding light on the experiences of Nisei women during the war, the author argues for the relevance of these experiences to larger questions of American race relations and views on gender and their intersections, particularly in the country's highly charged wartime atmosphere. Uncovering a page in American history that has been obscured, Moore adds nuance to our understanding of the situation of Japanese Americans during the war.World War, 1939-1945Participation, Japanese AmericanJapanese American womenHistoryWomen soldiersUnited StatesUnited StatesEthnic relationsWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Japanese American.Japanese American womenHistory.Women soldiers940.54/04Moore Brenda L.1950-1752800MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827233003321Serving our country4188258UNINA