Japanese-American World War Two Heroes

This Thursday, October 27 at 10 am, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Route 51 features a conversation with Robert Yano and Robert Izumi, two members of the heroic 442nd Regimental Combat Team of WWII.

Even though they were forcibly taken from their homes and placed in internment camps, Yano, Izumi volunteered with other Japanese-Americans to serve in the U.S. Army. The 442nd became the most decorated unit of the war, and was the subject of the 1951 film Go For Broke. Host Glen Moberg will ask Yano and Izumi about their actions during the war, and the prejudice they faced at home. They are in central Wisconsin for a Veterans Day series of programs presented by the school history project A Walk in their Shoes, which is sponsored by Wisconsin Public Radio. We will be taking comments and questions from listeners live on the air during the broadcast.