A review by mightync
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown

4.0

Daniel James Brown is a wonderful storyteller. This story, about Japanese-Americans fighting in WWII and their families back home, will pull at your emotions. You will be angry and disgusted that American citizens were forced into concentration camps based solely on their ancestry; you will be frustrated and confused that some of the boys in those camps would volunteer, or be forced, to join the United States Armed Forces; and you will feel elated and satisfied when those boys conduct themselves bravely and become heroes. Without enduring it yourself it's very hard to understand how they must have felt, fighting for justice across the ocean while injustice persists back home. But, some felt they had to prove their Americanism and their loyalty by joining the war effort, to show they were the same proud US citizens as everyone else. Their actions on the battlefield have left no doubt.