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The most absurd thing I read on here was that they were still subjected to the draft. So that Japanese couldn't be trusted to live in the United States without
by openasocket 10y ago
The most absurd thing I read on here was that they were still subjected to the draft. So that Japanese couldn't be trusted to live in the United States without armed guards, but we can totally give them guns and send them off to fight the enemy?!
- akhilcacharya 10y agoThey were disallowed from fighting in the Pacific theatre, so they all fought in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(Unite... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye#Medal_of_Honor_citation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye#Medal_of_Honor_c...
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoInteresting to note, this went both ways: my grandfather was a naturalized German immigrant, and was sent to the Pacific when drafted because he was disallowed from fighting in Europe. But of course, for some reason, German Americans weren't interned...
- wehadfun 10y agoWe know why this did not happen
- coldcode 10y agoGermans are considered "white" I imagine and thus hard to distinguish.
- leurfete 10y agoGermans and Italians were also interned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Italian_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Italian_American...
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoThe article summary seems to imply this was to a lesser extent?
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoYea, learned this today. Seems to be that it was of a significantly smaller percentage than of Japanese Americans though.
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- avar 10y agoNo more absurd than criminals being given the choice to enlist or prison, which was the practice until Vietnam.