My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction

Are you interested to discover what it was like for an American Citizen of Japanese descent living in California at the time of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? Would you like to know what it was like to go from a 1-A Selective Service classification to a 4-C classification (Alien, ineligible for the Draft)? Do you know what it was like to be forced into a U.S. concentration camp as an American citizen? You can learn by reading the book My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction.
 
Do you want to know what it was like to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and then meet with racial discrimination? Are you curious to learn the number of Distinguished Service Cross Medals awarded to Japanese American (Nisei) soldiers that were upgraded to the Congressional Medal of Honor on June 21, 2000?  In 1996, Congress directed the War Department to review the battle descriptions of 52 Nisei soldiers who had been recommended for the Medal of Honor by Caucasian officers. What happened to the thousands of other heroism medals that were awarded to Japanese American soldiers in WWII?

Can you imagine what it was like to attend college, do well and graduate knowing you would face racial profiling while trying to find a job for which you are well qualified? Read My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction and experience the living history of those times.
 
Are you curious to know what was required to build a successful intermarriage while raising biracial children, the traits each spouse should possess to make their marriage truly happy and compatible? Read My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction and learn more about how it was done and can be done today.
 
How does an individual undergo obstacles, overcome them and yet not become bitter? How can a Japanese American citizen placed in an internment camp still love his country, see the bright side of life and share it with his loyal, loving supportive Caucasian wife? My Nisei Story will take you through the experiences and bring you to the other side.
 
To learn the answers to these questions and understand the difficult circumstances of the Japanese internment experience first hand, order the book that offers it all in a compelling chronicle: My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction by K. Jack Sameshima. Sameshima lived these questions and found the answers which he shares openly with the reader. You will be fascinated and uplifted in the process of following his chronicle. And, no doubt you will find some answers to your own puzzling questions as you experience Sameshima’s true-life Nisei story, a journey of great satisfaction.