Rising Sons: The Japanese-American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II.(Brief article)(Book review)

Rising Sons: The Japanese-American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II BILL YENNE. St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-35464-0

More than 21,000 Japanese-American men and women volunteered for service in the U.S. armed forces in World War II, with more than 9,000 receiving Purple Hearts and 21 holding the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. decoration for bravery. Yenne (Superfortress, etc.) shows that many were patriots, who put duty above grievance while wondering if the country whose uniform they wore would ever accept them again. In Hawaii, Japanese-American reaction to Pearl Harbor was near-effervescent …