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Facing the Mountain: The Forgotten Heroes of the Second World War
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Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, this book portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.
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