The US relied on a secret force of Japanese-Americans to win World War II in the Pacific — while their families were locked up at home

Jan 5 2023 by Business Insider

 
Japanese-Americans are sworn into the US Army at the Granada Colorado Relocation Center in January 1943.

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Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US began sending Japanese-Americans to internment camps. More than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were eventually relocated to the remote camps. The US Army also recruited soldiers from the camps, relying on them to be translators in the Pacific.

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