Facing the Mountain

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Facing the Mountain is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown’s extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. But this is more than a war story. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers’ parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses, surrender their homes, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of a brave young man, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best–striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.

subjects: nonfiction,  Regimental Combat Team,  army,  Japanese American Soldiers,  military campaigns,  regimental histories,  World War II,  world history,  social science,  discrimination,  military,  World War II Military History,  History,  biography,  United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd,  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe,  Japanese American soldiers--History--20th century,  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American,  World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2021-05-30,  New York Times bestseller,  United states, army, regimental histories,  World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, europe,  Japanese americans,  Soldiers,  World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories,  World war, 1914-1918, juvenile literature,  World war, 1939-1945, biography

People: Asians,  Asian Americans,  Japanese Americans,  442nd Regimental Combat Team

Places: Europe,  United States,  France,  Germany,  Italy

Times: 1939-1945,  20th century