{"product_id":"most-honorable-son-a-forgotten-heros-fight-against-fascism-and-hate-during-world-war-ii-hardcover","title":"Most Honorable Son: A Forgotten Hero's Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregg Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of Densho \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by William Fujioka of JANM \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfterword by Jonathan Eig \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Kuroki, who fought the Axis powers during World War II and battled racism, injustice, and prejudice on the home front. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Kuroki was a twenty-four-year-old Japanese American farm boy whose heritage was never a problem in remote Nebraska--until Pearl Harbor. Among the millions of Americans who flocked to military stations to enlist, Ben wanted to avenge the attack, reclaim his family honor, and prove his patriotism. But as anti-Japanese sentiment soared, Ben had to fight to be allowed to fight for America. And fight he did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a gunner on Army Air Forces bombers, Ben flew fifty-eight missions spanning three combat theaters: Europe, North America, and the Pacific, including the climactic B-29 firebombing campaign against Japan that culminated with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He flew some of the war's boldest and bloodiest air missions and lived to tell about it. In between his tours in Europe and the Pacific, he challenged FDR's shameful incarceration of more than one hundred thousand people of Japanese ancestry in America, and he would be credited by some with setting in motion the debate that reversed a grave national dishonor. In the euphoric wake of America's victory, the decorated war hero used his national platform to carry out what he called his \"fifty-ninth mission,\" urging his fellow Americans to do more to eliminate bigotry and racism at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in full for the first time, and long overdue, Ben's extraordinary story is a quintessentially American one of patriotism, principle, perseverance, and courage. It's about being in the vanguard of history, the bonding of a band of brothers united in a just cause, a timeless and unflinching account of racial bigotry, and one man's transcendent sense of belonging--in war, in peace, abroad, and at home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long-time foreign correspondent and investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003cb\u003eGregg Jones \u003c\/b\u003ehas covered civil wars\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand insurgencies in Asia and Latin America, the fall of Asia's two longest-ruling twentieth-century dictators, and the early\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003emonths of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He is the author of the acclaimed nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eThe Honor in Dust: Theodore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar in the Philippines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial \u003c\/i\u003eDream, and \u003ci\u003eLast Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for distinguished\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003enonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 9.16 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750641500448,"sku":"9780806542935","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ca580b07c56d56aa418cb3811daf066.webp?v=1779955450","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/most-honorable-son-a-forgotten-heros-fight-against-fascism-and-hate-during-world-war-ii-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}