Many had sons or brothers fighting with the 442d Regimental Combat Team. which was comprised of Americans of Japanese ancestry and which is the most highly decorated unit in the history of American fighting forces. Among those interned were old men and women who had toiled in the fields of California. Their hard labor made barren lands productive. lands that many would lose as a result of the internment. Those interned were not unscrupulous agents of a foreign power: They were business people who had worked long and hard to build small businesses and to become respected members of their communities. And. those interned were not recent immigrants of uncertain loyalty. most were born in this country and were proud citizens from birth. I was one of those interned. I was 10 years old.
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