In 1943, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was formed. It consisted of young
Japanese-American men. In spite of the fact that the Nisei faced widespread prejudice in
America, and in spite of the fact that their own families had been imprisoned by the
federal government at Manzanar and various other concentration camps, these volunteers
became the most decorated combat unit of its size during World War II. It was thanks to
their sacrificial efforts that over 200 members of the 36th Texas Division, the so-called
Lost Division, were rescued from certain slaughter at the hands of the Germans. It was
during this battle in France’s Vosges mountains that Second Lt. Daniel K. Inouye, later to
be elected to the U.S. Senate, lost his right arm and earned the Congressional Medal of
Honor. Astonishingly, his was only one of 21 such medals won by the relatively small
group. The unit became legendary, known as the “Go for Broke” guys who fought for
their country and their honor, collecting nearly 10,000 Purple Hearts and a nation’s
gratitude along the way.
On the other hand, what do we hear from America’s Muslims? Silence when it
comes to military service, bellyaching when it comes to ridiculous claims of racial
profiling.
Quite honestly, I suspect that the only way we could get the Koran crowd to go
fight in the Middle East is if the United States declared war on Israel!