Speech #840122798

In the Korean conflict. Nisei responded wholeheartedly by entering into every branch of the service and another Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded to an American of Japanese ancestry. Loyalty to the United States is not restricted to secondgeneration JapaneseAmericans but is shared by first generation immigrants. who. long denied the privilege of becoming citizens of the United States by law. when given the opportunity through enactment of the WalterMcCarran Act. responded wholeheartedly and in the first 2 years in Los Angeles County alone. 2.400 became citizens of our country. On record also is the fact that not one case of sabotage oroespionage by a first or second generation JapaneseAmerican has ever been perpetrated against this. our native land. Mr.