The 442nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army and is the only infantry formation in the Army Reserve. The regiment is best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought in World War II.
How did Japanese internment camps affect America?
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 drew the United States into World War II and spawned a massive wave of shock and fear across the country. ... The economic impact on WWII Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps was felt for generations, notes Harvard Associate Professor of Public Policy Daniel Shoag
