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They were disallowed from fighting in the Pacific theatre, so they all fought in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)

• MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
  Interesting 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 ago
    We know why this did not happen
  • coldcode 10y ago
    Germans are considered "white" I imagine and thus hard to distinguish.
  • leurfete 10y ago
    Germans 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 ago
      The article summary seems to imply this was to a lesser extent?
    • MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
      Yea, learned this today. Seems to be that it was of a significantly smaller percentage than of Japanese Americans though.
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