Letters from the 442nd: The World War II Correspondence of a Japanese American Medic

Foreword

FOREWORD The men of the 442nd, who endured the horrors and traumas of World War II, have a permanent blood relationship that binds those of us from friendly communities in Hawaii with volunteers from behind barbed wire, such as Min Masuda. The men of the 442nd, who left behind parents and loved ones in dusty, desolate internment camps such as Camp Minidoka, were a special breed. The question that has long endured in my mind is: “I wonder what I would have done? Would I have volunteered?” I would like to say yes, but not having been herded like cattle into camps such as these, I can’t say what I would have done. Daniel K. Inouye United States Senator, Hawaii ix ...