Why Japanese Soldiers Became Texans

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  • For Japanese-Americans during World War 2, things couldn't have been tougher, fighting for a country that treats you like an enemy, but Japanese-American soldiers took up arms and fought for their country. Check out today's incredible story of how a troop of Japanese-American soldiers became Texans for their heroic actions in the war.
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  • @melie2080
    @melie2080 3 роки тому +2725

    my neighbor WAS in 442nd with two purple heart, and is still a live he is 97

  • @Hillers62
    @Hillers62 3 роки тому +1108

    I'm a Texan...to me, these men are not "Honorary" Texans...They are TRUE TEXANS!!!!! They embodied the real spirit that Texas is known for!!!!!

    • @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus
      @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus 3 роки тому +44

      @Tim Blaine they defied all the things standing in their way? What better way to prove ones loyalty than to put your life on the line? The Japanese were spreading propaganda that they were fighting a race war against western imperialism.

    • @dreliq981
      @dreliq981 3 роки тому +41

      @Tim Blaine the spirit of Texas to fight for a country you live in and want to live in. not that you would understand because I doubt you know what real suffering is like to make you wanna change countries.

    • @brandonguidry2929
      @brandonguidry2929 3 роки тому +20

      I'm glad I'm from Texas I know that passion and love for this state

    • @savathunthejudge914
      @savathunthejudge914 3 роки тому +12

      @Tim Blaine no...it's just fighting for your family..and your state...and your people, all of which are Texas.

    • @Primegamin-yh4jm
      @Primegamin-yh4jm 3 роки тому +3

      @Tim Blaine y e s
      MURICA

  • @matthewjay660
    @matthewjay660 3 роки тому +347

    My French professor told us that her 1st look at Americans was these Japanese-American troops liberating her village in France in 1944. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🤝🇫🇷

    • @1buddahead
      @1buddahead 3 роки тому +30

      She might have been from Bruyeres. That village was liberated by the 100/442 and they still remember them to this day.

    • @coffeelink943
      @coffeelink943 3 роки тому +5

      Your professor is still teaching at this age?

    • @matthewjay660
      @matthewjay660 3 роки тому +16

      @@coffeelink943 She died last decade.

    • @richardb7315
      @richardb7315 3 роки тому +2

      so cool

    • @jornpop7973
      @jornpop7973 3 роки тому +14

      @@matthewjay660 Rest In Peace for her 😭

  • @royalsamurai1731
    @royalsamurai1731 3 роки тому +1150

    As a Japanese American, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for telling our story. We are so underrepresented and nobody talks about the 442nd. I went to a military museum the other day, and they talked about all of the different ethnicities that fought under the US flag. I didn’t see one thing about the 442nd or the Japanese Americans, I was so disappointed. Thank you so much for making this

    • @ED-od6hy
      @ED-od6hy 3 роки тому +81

      I wish they would fix the title; these guys were as much *American* soldiers as any others. Japanese soldiers fought for Japan.

    • @KoltiraMemeweaver
      @KoltiraMemeweaver 3 роки тому +42

      Hey, a fellow Japanese American. I'm sansei. You're right about the 442nd not being spoken about as much unfortunately. I have a granduncle that fought in the 442nd. It's been many years, but I don't think my schools even mentioned them either.
      You bring up a great point too @ED.

    • @dude4206
      @dude4206 3 роки тому +9

      Yep but do to the japanees atrocities which was worst than the Germans I can see why more Americans were wary of the the Japanese

    • @nunziopalmieri1352
      @nunziopalmieri1352 3 роки тому +4

      @@ED-od6hy it draws more views

    • @hidekinagachika5819
      @hidekinagachika5819 3 роки тому +8

      It seems you have summoned all Japanese Americans from the UA-cam algorithm

  • @christianbautista321
    @christianbautista321 3 роки тому +69

    It was a suicide mission to save a few guys. My grandpa was a 442nd and survived, but his brother died. Only a few people made it back from that rescue mission.
    You forgot to mention an important noteworthy event when they went to rescue the Texans, the mountain was filled with Nazis pointing their guns and artillery down the mountain making it impossible to advance. There was only one unoccupied side of the mountain where there was a long straight drop. The Germans didn't think anyone would be foolish enough to climb up from there. The 442nd did it and they suffered many casualties falling off. My grandpa said that although the men who slipped and fell knew they were falling to their death they all chose to fall silently to their death so that their fellow Soldiers could advance forward undetected and ultimately save those few Texans. That is dedication, selflessness and honor at its best especially when their family were being persecuted at home.

    • @joshuadunford3171
      @joshuadunford3171 11 місяців тому +2

      That’s very amazing of them

    • @rodbutler4054
      @rodbutler4054 2 місяці тому +1

      If it wasn’t for PBS and Utube and the History channel, most young Americans would have no knowledge of the sacrifices for freedom were made by these valiant soldiers.

  • @DamnDioni
    @DamnDioni 3 роки тому +2977

    Germany: “Not Texans! Anything but that!”

    • @DamnDioni
      @DamnDioni 3 роки тому +29

      @Leonardo Bonucci Father of England this is a joke

    • @DamnDioni
      @DamnDioni 3 роки тому +23

      @Leonardo Bonucci Father of England I didn’t base it on anything

    • @techrvl9406
      @techrvl9406 3 роки тому +211

      "Howdy!"
      "Oh nein, they're barbequing on the frontlines!!"

    • @u-iriamu.z6863
      @u-iriamu.z6863 3 роки тому +12

      @@techrvl9406 lol

    • @herolumierelumanite1608
      @herolumierelumanite1608 3 роки тому +50

      @Leonardo Bonucci Father of England A good way to view it is that a stereotype of Americans is the "Cowboy."
      And Texas, along with a few other states, are deep into Cowboy culture/aesthetic.
      To be Texan is to be a Cowboy, and to be a Cowboy is one of the first and most American things people think of.

  • @raymondraptorclaw2901
    @raymondraptorclaw2901 3 роки тому +473

    God bless them 🥺 they were mistreated and still fought hard for us.

    • @iamaloafofbread8926
      @iamaloafofbread8926 3 роки тому +14

      Don't give god credit, god caused this war in the first place, it was their hard work not gods.

    • @bpr186
      @bpr186 3 роки тому +45

      @@iamaloafofbread8926 bro god doesnt control you

    • @GhostOfKotori
      @GhostOfKotori 3 роки тому +28

      @@iamaloafofbread8926 We give God credit if we so desire

    • @Curios_Cat
      @Curios_Cat 3 роки тому +32

      @@iamaloafofbread8926 It was the hubris of man; not God.

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +7

      “still fought hard for us”???? MAJOR CORRECTION that because these brave soldiers were U.S. CITIZENS but due to prejudice that they lost property and locked up with zero Due Process. How many non Japanese-American citizens would VOLUNTEER after what your Government did to your family and you??

  • @roamingshadow3006
    @roamingshadow3006 3 роки тому +750

    Both my grandfather and his brother did that as well as my grandmother's brother. For their sacrifice they didn't have to go to these camps. Thank you for spreading this information because it was swept under the rug a bit.

    • @shanefreund6088
      @shanefreund6088 3 роки тому +8

      Respect to those guys!

    • @funzjag
      @funzjag 3 роки тому +14

      Those men in your family will always be American Heroes. 🙏

    • @willwunsche6940
      @willwunsche6940 3 роки тому +4

      Thank you

    • @seand.g423
      @seand.g423 3 роки тому +2

      _A BIT????????_

    • @roamingshadow3006
      @roamingshadow3006 3 роки тому +4

      @@seand.g423 it's my way of saying a lot without it sounding dramatic

  • @gkaji6254
    @gkaji6254 3 роки тому +170

    My dad and uncles served in the 442 in WW2. One of my uncles received the silver star for taking out 2 machine gun nests. They would rarely speak of the war and what happened. They were taught as kids to be humble. Difficult times. Have a great day everyone.

  • @MaxsonAtTheFort
    @MaxsonAtTheFort 3 роки тому +842

    Texan Japanese: “Look at me, I’m Mike Tyson Ronald Reagan!”

    • @Khundryl
      @Khundryl 3 роки тому +38

      Outstanding reference

    • @Menaceblue3
      @Menaceblue3 3 роки тому +74

      Hey Bobby,
      Rook I'm American!
      Maybe I'l use my credit card.
      Do you have anything gluten free?
      Any non dairy creamer?

    • @raymondpendergrass6772
      @raymondpendergrass6772 3 роки тому +7

      So racist its funny 😂

    • @raymondpendergrass6772
      @raymondpendergrass6772 3 роки тому +2

      @@Menaceblue3 are we being recommended the same stuff. Lol

    • @Alpha-eg8ip
      @Alpha-eg8ip 3 роки тому +7

      @@raymondpendergrass6772 racism toword asian is fuuny for u and u think BLM is serious.

  • @GhostTrueCapitalist
    @GhostTrueCapitalist 3 роки тому +249

    German Commander: "Thank goodness! Japanese reinforcements."
    German Soldier: "Wait... why are the Japanese here...?"
    American Nisei: "GO FOR BROKE! BANZAI!"
    Germans: *confused screaming*

    • @SteveHarwood-pq3fn
      @SteveHarwood-pq3fn 3 роки тому +20

      "GO FOR BROKE" was the name of the war movie made of them.

    • @obiehewitt7938
      @obiehewitt7938 3 роки тому +4

      Horah for great japan i mean America

    • @joshjones6072
      @joshjones6072 3 роки тому +3

      That basically really happened. LOL "Go For Broke!" Pretty awesome. The Germans were so confused.

    • @gamechanger8908
      @gamechanger8908 3 роки тому +8

      Funnily enough the Japanese in the eastern front when attacking China, the Chinese wore and used German equipment so with these events it would seem one betrayed the other

    • @SagaciousNihilist
      @SagaciousNihilist 3 роки тому

      If theyre American born/raised they wouldn't say Banzai.

  • @Evanw10282
    @Evanw10282 3 роки тому +4018

    They really went from “konichiwa” to “Howdy y’all”

    • @yakovtochii4748
      @yakovtochii4748 3 роки тому +512

      From "Banzai" to "Yee Haw"

    • @qpol
      @qpol 3 роки тому +91

      @@yakovtochii4748haw yee

    • @hydeist0666
      @hydeist0666 3 роки тому +43

      @@yakovtochii4748 100% HAHAHA

    • @theuglybeing4673
      @theuglybeing4673 3 роки тому +60

      gosh i dont really hear texans say "howdy" kinda cringing lol

    • @languagedead2397
      @languagedead2397 3 роки тому +78

      Once you go Texan you never go back

  • @zackrodriguez6653
    @zackrodriguez6653 3 роки тому +306

    My abuelito was in the 141st. He would meet with his Nisei counterparts once a year for decades after this happened. He also told me first hand stories about the hardships they faced together. Texas hasn't forgotten their sacrifice!

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 3 роки тому +7

      Props to him

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 роки тому +8

      Sgt. Murphy and Sgt. Benavidez were also Texans.

    • @Ci1antr0
      @Ci1antr0 3 роки тому +4

      @@jed-henrywitkowski6470 God, Benavidez...
      I wish I could’ve met him

    • @mikloridden8276
      @mikloridden8276 3 роки тому +7

      Thats amazing! Mind sharing some of those hardships on here? Its very rare to find accounts of how Mexican Americans and Nisei Americans interacted with each other in WW2

    • @BillerBeemstar
      @BillerBeemstar 3 роки тому +1

      More stories, we need em!

  • @pogstache
    @pogstache 3 роки тому +414

    Idk why but seeing an angry Japanese man scream “I AM TEXAN NOW” is the funniest most American thing I have ever seen

    • @williamafton3744
      @williamafton3744 3 роки тому +25

      We’ll take an Japanese man as a Texas anytime

    • @rabbitdrink
      @rabbitdrink 3 роки тому +30

      this is america, no matter how many racists run around here trying to divide us we stay united

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 3 роки тому +17

      @@rabbitdrink the sad thing is the race profiteers run around shouting "Racist, Racist" at people who've never had a racist thought. Perpetuating lies is how they make money.

    • @Hit69420
      @Hit69420 3 роки тому +2

      @@jacobmccandles1767 Propoganda

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 3 роки тому +9

      @@Hit69420 yes, propaganda is how they make money.

  • @matthewdeavitt9888
    @matthewdeavitt9888 3 роки тому +92

    There was actually an old black and white film called "Go for Broke" that followed these guys through the war. For anyone that can find it these days, it's worth watching. If a bit slow.

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 3 роки тому +843

    I watched a documentary about the Japanese American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II.
    A veteran was asked about how he felt. He broke down crying. "So many died."

    • @randomzergling
      @randomzergling 3 роки тому +11

      Link pls

    • @kingofkings1121
      @kingofkings1121 3 роки тому +4

      Hehehe thats soo funny

    • @Specter1997
      @Specter1997 3 роки тому +87

      @@kingofkings1121 I hope you said it as a joke, because that's pretty harsh of you, and rude as well.

    • @kingofkings1121
      @kingofkings1121 3 роки тому +3

      @@Specter1997 are what are you gonna do about racist

    • @Specter1997
      @Specter1997 3 роки тому +60

      @@kingofkings1121 Education and explanation?

  • @Cocytus
    @Cocytus 3 роки тому +795

    Yet Again, Infographics produces yet another gold standard upload.

  • @GH-xy4zz
    @GH-xy4zz 3 роки тому +554

    They were cannon fodder, and they overcame those odds.

    • @MrPr1nglz
      @MrPr1nglz 3 роки тому +39

      Welcome to the military complex where at the end of the day, every soldier is just a number and casualties are just statistics.

    • @donvito5647
      @donvito5647 3 роки тому +4

      Too bad we didn't have more of them to use and save more actual American lives

    • @andrewwinston981
      @andrewwinston981 3 роки тому +27

      @@donvito5647 they were Americans

    • @succulentsoccer43
      @succulentsoccer43 3 роки тому +19

      @@donvito5647 they are far more American and brave then you little boy. You couldn’t handle the battlefield 😂

    • @mochiisntbad6762
      @mochiisntbad6762 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrPr1nglz you mean every person that has ever lived?

  • @bryanbrady7259
    @bryanbrady7259 3 роки тому +84

    As a Texan I approve this message. Lol

  • @dustins.97
    @dustins.97 3 роки тому +319

    They’re literally just Americans not “Japanese Americans”

    • @smithy1578
      @smithy1578 3 роки тому +26

      They are Americans of Japanese decent kinda like how I am American of Irish decent or like in New York there are a lot of Americans from italian decent

    • @johnsajeth1018
      @johnsajeth1018 3 роки тому +38

      No. They’re Texans!

    • @hidekinagachika5819
      @hidekinagachika5819 3 роки тому +5

      If you were half japanese and half Canadian or American you are telling me your japanese decent disappears from your blood?

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +11

      Then why did the U.S. Government put “just Americans not” behind barbed wire??

    • @hidekinagachika5819
      @hidekinagachika5819 3 роки тому +4

      @@tdiflyfish9267 you dont put your native citizens in prison camps?

  • @AsterVex
    @AsterVex 3 роки тому +595

    This is probably the most random video title I’ve ever read.

    • @OneOfThoseTypes
      @OneOfThoseTypes 3 роки тому +9

      Welcome to the internet, new guy!

    • @Commissar_Eiven
      @Commissar_Eiven 3 роки тому +1

      You numb skulls you're not reading your heaving the video

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 3 роки тому +2

      It's also a lie and click-bait.

    • @WaterDrinkingGamer
      @WaterDrinkingGamer 3 роки тому +2

      @The Wolf Probably because it says that the Japanese soldiers became texans when in reality it was Japanese-Americans becoming soldiers

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 3 роки тому +2

      @The Wolf Because they weren't Japanese. They were Americans of Japanese ancestry. Big difference, especially when the USA was at war with Japan.

  • @themaddoctor5304
    @themaddoctor5304 3 роки тому +141

    As a Texan I am proud that these men got the respect they deserve!

    • @blazkowicz9652
      @blazkowicz9652 3 роки тому +1

      Same,this video was unexpected, and l respect those boys who joined our wonderful state and country.

    • @pugdad2555
      @pugdad2555 2 роки тому

      I didn't know that putting their family in interment military camps was called respect. Is that why we never had military German interment camps?

    • @wingsoffreedom3589
      @wingsoffreedom3589 Рік тому +2

      @@pugdad2555 actually there were German internment camps look it up though I believe it only applied to first-generation immigrants

  • @darkflamemaster6541
    @darkflamemaster6541 3 роки тому +55

    Texas: Yeah i'm the biggest state in US
    Alaska: Um, About that-
    Texas: Shush!!

    • @randlebrowne2048
      @randlebrowne2048 3 роки тому +6

      At least most of Texas has actually been explored!

    • @brandonbowden1262
      @brandonbowden1262 3 роки тому +12

      Seriously Alaska can stuff it.

    • @overlyfatman9722
      @overlyfatman9722 3 роки тому +3

      Alaska is melting it’s gonna be small eventually

    • @dant.3505
      @dant.3505 3 роки тому +3

      In the context of the video Alaska was an American territory in the 1940's not a state.

    • @trubiz4u
      @trubiz4u 3 роки тому +1

      This was before 1959

  • @morgannaomi1231
    @morgannaomi1231 3 роки тому +14

    I lived in an adult family home, and there was a 97 year Japanese man who lived with me. He lived in those internment camps and the ones in Idaho. He talked about them all the time

    • @phillip7731
      @phillip7731 Рік тому

      what were some of the stories he told?

  • @christopherking4613
    @christopherking4613 3 роки тому +20

    These guys were the guys who inspired me. Born and raised in Japan never set foot in the U.S except to join the U.S Marine Corp at 19 when Sept 11 happened. I served 7 years before being medically retired due to injuries received on the front lines with the infantry.

    • @oakenshadow6763
      @oakenshadow6763 Рік тому +3

      Thank you for your service. And please don't be so humble you are forgotten. Your effort deserves to be seen.

  • @zarvidnoom1547
    @zarvidnoom1547 3 роки тому +526

    Japan: i texas

  • @redaug4212
    @redaug4212 3 роки тому +231

    Actually, the 442nd received around 810 Bronze Stars, not 5,200. And 354 Silver Stars, not 588. That's a lot of awards for such a small unit nonetheless.

    • @Danogil
      @Danogil 3 роки тому +10

      I think total included the One Puka Puka number too.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 3 роки тому +12

      @@Danogil Good catch. If we include the 100th Battalion, that would give the total 489 Silver Stars and 1048 Bronze Stars for the 442nd.

    • @TyrJustice
      @TyrJustice 3 роки тому

      Yes I agree

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +11

      Plus, many of the awarded “Silver Star” should have been Medal of Honor that U.S. Military brass did not want to award. It was clarified many decades later where 21 received their just due but some were posthumously.

    • @tupac5893
      @tupac5893 3 роки тому +3

      By 1992, the U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion (equivalent to $3,500,000,000 in 2020) in reparations to 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned. Freedom and reparations after 6yrs... Must be nice

  • @jerrybutorange
    @jerrybutorange 3 роки тому +50

    Any Texans in here wondering why this wasn’t in our year of Texas history

    • @shanefreund6088
      @shanefreund6088 3 роки тому +7

      There’s a lot of history to cover. As great a story this is it’s only a small blip in the overall picture of recorded history. However, we briefly covered this in US history and I live in Washington state.

    • @sampatkalyan3103
      @sampatkalyan3103 3 роки тому

      WW2 history in books is all about white men lol

    • @jerrybutorange
      @jerrybutorange 3 роки тому +6

      @@shanefreund6088 here in Texas they dedicate a year of our education to Texas history though mostly about Texas revolution and such

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 3 роки тому

      The story of the 442nd is exactly the type of thing that Critical Race Theory would be teaching and that's a good thing in my book.

    • @NajwaLaylah
      @NajwaLaylah 3 роки тому +6

      @@arcturionblade1077 Pfft. It's the subject of history and popular novels *and UA-cam videos* already. We need CRPropaganda like we need holes in our heads.

  • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
    @whiterabbit-wo7hw 3 роки тому +18

    I had two very close Japanese friends when I was growing up.
    Their father, "Katz" Miya served in the 442nd and earned a purple heart and a bronze star.
    He passed away some time ago.
    I loved that family. Their mother was my and my older brothers 2nd mother and she treated us like her sons.
    I miss them a great deal.

  • @candyk2028
    @candyk2028 3 роки тому +38

    Just because people are of a different colour doesn’t mean they will not fight for the country they call home.

    • @constantineergius1626
      @constantineergius1626 3 роки тому +1

      yes but communists never will. ideology is a choice race isnt.. still its a shame nobody tried to prosecute the politicians who supported Japanese internment for treason

  • @windykingdom6153
    @windykingdom6153 3 роки тому +113

    *Sees title*
    Me: *A Texan who wants to go to Japan*
    …Nice

  • @Vociferous
    @Vociferous 3 роки тому +221

    WW2 sure was a hard time for Japanese-Americans, so much so it fuel them to bypass through it and ultimately made them more battle hardened

    • @sf8262
      @sf8262 3 роки тому +6

      I find it surprising how many textbooks overlook such an important factor of one of the most important wars. America was almost mimicking their enemy's holocaust

    • @donvito5647
      @donvito5647 3 роки тому +1

      They should have been deported

    • @xxo-deathshot-oxx2047
      @xxo-deathshot-oxx2047 3 роки тому

      Not enough because white woman still want to get black men so I guess y’all ain’t American enough

    • @evanstocker8106
      @evanstocker8106 3 роки тому +1

      @@sf8262 it wasn't just the US doing it either, Canada has a lot of skeletons in it's closet

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +1

      I guess if you get 72 hours to vacate your premises along with putting your family’s belongings in two suitcases per family and you ultimately lose your property and businesses; you would VOLUNTEER to fight for the county that did that to your family and you?? My Father and his brave comrades did exactly that….

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 3 роки тому +49

    My grandfather met Nisei often as his military career followed that, Africa Italy, France, Germany. Go for Broke was an Xtreme gamblers slogan.

  • @cyrtain9996
    @cyrtain9996 3 роки тому +1

    Stories like this I live for, those men are true heroes and I can thank them enough for their service and bravery.

  • @florpdrop9473
    @florpdrop9473 3 роки тому +38

    They really went from, “TENNO HAIKA BANZAI!” to, “FOR THE ALAMO!”

  • @Hysube
    @Hysube 3 роки тому +156

    It is suggested that Order 66's name from starwars is derived from Executive Order 9066

    • @new_donker7189
      @new_donker7189 3 роки тому +12

      Jedis kind of look like Asian monks, so…

    • @eerieolie7204
      @eerieolie7204 3 роки тому +3

      i tought the same thing !

    • @willwunsche6940
      @willwunsche6940 3 роки тому +3

      Wow that would make sense interesting speculation

    • @TyrJustice
      @TyrJustice 3 роки тому

      No it’s not and you are a liar

    • @PyroGothNerd
      @PyroGothNerd 3 роки тому +4

      I figured it was Executive order 44, where the governor of Missouri literally ordered the Mormons living in the state be "exterminated"

  • @josephrangel3350
    @josephrangel3350 3 роки тому +33

    This channel has taught me more than school has

    • @maxhardcore8034
      @maxhardcore8034 3 роки тому

      Thats sad

    • @AbuWyatt
      @AbuWyatt 3 роки тому +2

      Sad because this channel is highly inaccurate

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 3 роки тому

      You sound American. You guys need a real education system.

    • @maxhardcore8034
      @maxhardcore8034 3 роки тому

      @@AbuWyatt they used to be way worse

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +1

      Always remember that the “history books” are written by the winner or who wants to look the best

  • @alejandroprieto5976
    @alejandroprieto5976 3 роки тому +256

    This needs to be a movie

    • @cysuyenaga
      @cysuyenaga 3 роки тому +43

      Already a 1951 movie on this called "Go for Broke". Starred Van Johnson with veterans of the 442nd RCT in supporting roles. My uncles served in the 442nd RCT and they liked the movie.

    • @maxhardcore8034
      @maxhardcore8034 3 роки тому +2

      That movie would be cringe af

    • @alessandrogambino420
      @alessandrogambino420 3 роки тому +3

      If it was bad in real life...qhy qould we need a movie?

    • @robbybee70
      @robbybee70 3 роки тому +7

      @@cysuyenaga I'm glad I saw this comment now I want to see that movie

    • @robbybee70
      @robbybee70 3 роки тому +6

      @@alessandrogambino420 gee I don't know....because HISTORY

  • @jdpena26
    @jdpena26 3 роки тому +72

    Roof Koreans meeting Texas Japanese:
    "Finally, a worthy opponent; our battke will be legendary!"

  • @BytzDrawz
    @BytzDrawz 3 роки тому +27

    Germans: Oh hey, you must be our secret Japanese division!
    These guys: *We ain't on your side pardner.*
    Germans: *heavy sweating*

    • @thegrumpytexan
      @thegrumpytexan 3 роки тому

      This comment is seriously underrated.

    • @DonMeaker
      @DonMeaker 3 роки тому

      An archeological dig in North Africa found a company of Japanese soldiers (Japanese uniforms, helmets) that had fought with the Germans against the British. They were killed by US .50 BMG machineguns, on US P-40 Warhawks, operated by the British.

  • @velvetvixen3001
    @velvetvixen3001 3 роки тому +37

    They are true Texans, for only Texans possess the guts and genius that these men had. I am proud to call them Texans.

  • @festivedestroyer3252
    @festivedestroyer3252 3 роки тому +10

    Some Texans still honor these men and the ones they rescued I'm one of them. "Texans have long memories"

  • @maxcar123
    @maxcar123 3 роки тому +11

    Texans. Tejanos. Whatever you want to call us. Good men. Good breed.

  • @Elcawcaw8004
    @Elcawcaw8004 3 роки тому +12

    “I once saw a man in a cowboy hat teaching a group of Japanese people how to swear in English while smoking a cigarette”

  • @JimJamJaboo
    @JimJamJaboo 3 роки тому +78

    Title misleading, they're Americans. This sort of title reinforces the notion that Asian-Americans' citizenship and social acceptance is always conditional.

    • @Poiuytrewq11286
      @Poiuytrewq11286 3 роки тому +12

      @@bskiez you’re racist history is actually towards white people helping all other races. White people are the reason almost all races can live in the USA with the exact same rights! A first in all of human history! Learn your history as a proud black man I can easily see what whites have done for us! Slavery happened to them us and all others in history so to blame them is wrong we can’t move forward together with this logic!

    • @bskiez
      @bskiez 3 роки тому +3

      @@Poiuytrewq11286 Okay uncle T. A man that repeatedly S. A. a ch_ld under his care is not praised for it but convicted of the crime & it doesn't matter if he raised her one of many examples I can give. So get your logic straight. I highly doubt you're an American. And it's *Your*

    • @bskiez
      @bskiez 3 роки тому +1

      @@Poiuytrewq11286 you can't even answer his questions all you are here for is to virtual signal the whyte racists watching to get thumbs up. UA-cam trolls are so easy to predict. Next try to sound a bit more enlightening this is the same old millions of talking point people comment on, to boost the far right algorithm how petty and pedantric.

    • @cbcastlecastillo144
      @cbcastlecastillo144 3 роки тому +1

      @@Poiuytrewq11286 agreed

    • @thateussy
      @thateussy 3 роки тому

      @@Poiuytrewq11286 it’s been less then 70 years since racist laws existed and guess who passed those racist laws, white people

  • @coyote9594
    @coyote9594 3 роки тому +9

    As a Texan in the Navy, I say "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
    For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"

  • @BuffaloveBills
    @BuffaloveBills 3 роки тому +4

    I can’t believe I’ve never heard about this, thank you 🙏

  • @DamnDioni
    @DamnDioni 3 роки тому +67

    Hope everyone is having a good day 👍🏾

    • @caninehat6589
      @caninehat6589 3 роки тому +1

      Ok

    • @ultimatev8148
      @ultimatev8148 3 роки тому

      You to

    • @Dedsec_frost
      @Dedsec_frost 3 роки тому

      Don't attack me, but I find it funny how ur profile is a white person and u gave a black thumbs up 😂

    • @johnxina6327
      @johnxina6327 3 роки тому +2

      @@Dedsec_frost He was wating chocolate when it was a hot day. 😎

    • @DamnDioni
      @DamnDioni 3 роки тому +7

      @@Dedsec_frost oh no haha 😂 I’m black I’m just a huge fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

  • @jerryhammack1318
    @jerryhammack1318 3 роки тому +2

    They were interned on Ft. Hood Texas. My grandfather was CO at the internment camp . It changed him greatly!

  • @skipdreadman8765
    @skipdreadman8765 3 роки тому +2

    Great story about a great unit. Most Medals of Honor of any unit in the war. Lots of brave Americans.

  • @007NowOnline
    @007NowOnline 3 роки тому +25

    Title is misleading. They were never "Japanese soldiers". They were true americans that happen to be of Japanese/Asian/Pacific Islander decent.

    • @parkerrountree246
      @parkerrountree246 3 роки тому

      Well they were ‘Japanese’ soldiers, like they’re ancestry that is, everything else about them was pure bred American.

    • @Vampybattie
      @Vampybattie 3 роки тому

      @@parkerrountree246 they never called themselves Japanese.. they called themselves nisei

    • @NajwaLaylah
      @NajwaLaylah 3 роки тому

      You're approximately right. Video titles are apparently an art and not a science.

    • @007NowOnline
      @007NowOnline 3 роки тому +2

      @@parkerrountree246 so like I said.... they're descended from..... ancestory is diffent from nationality/citizenship. The only thing that matters is where you grew up. They were never Japanese citizens to begin with. They were born in America and joined the american armed services.... Thus American soldiers.

    • @parkerrountree246
      @parkerrountree246 3 роки тому

      @@007NowOnline Yes but they’re ancestry is Japan, like I said. Therefore they are ‘Japanese’, so technically the title isn’t wrong.

  • @ddan5842
    @ddan5842 3 роки тому +62

    Nisei is pronounced “knee-say”

    • @smokinjoe4684
      @smokinjoe4684 3 роки тому +3

      Lol thank you. That bugged me.

    • @envitech02
      @envitech02 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, it's simply means "second generation".

    • @KoltiraMemeweaver
      @KoltiraMemeweaver 3 роки тому

      Thank you. I'm a sansei and it bugged me a bit.

    • @SolitudeDragon
      @SolitudeDragon 3 роки тому

      I've noticed this narrator tends to mispronounce a not-so-insignificant number of words in various videos.

    • @envitech02
      @envitech02 3 роки тому +2

      @@SolitudeDragon Not easy to pronounce foreign words.

  • @TheCosmicFreeway
    @TheCosmicFreeway 3 роки тому +193

    I'm glad stories like this are coming to light...would love to see a movie made about it

    • @robertkramer41
      @robertkramer41 3 роки тому +9

      There is a Documentary about it

    • @andrewstinnett161
      @andrewstinnett161 3 роки тому +9

      There's an old movie called "Go For Broke"
      Well worth the watch. It's in black and white but it's amazing

    • @NajwaLaylah
      @NajwaLaylah 3 роки тому +2

      This story was retold in James A. Michener's _Hawaii_ (1959), where the author's fictional 222nd Combat team.alludes to the factual 442nd.

    • @chowrites6179
      @chowrites6179 3 роки тому

      They did, its called, "The Last Battalion", it was made back in 2001

    • @joshuawilliams9020
      @joshuawilliams9020 3 роки тому +1

      Different lost Battalion. That one was WW1, not 2. Yes, it happen twice. I don't think there a recent movies for WW2 lost Battalion.

  • @germanshepherdanimations903
    @germanshepherdanimations903 3 роки тому +18

    "Surrender now or be annihilated."
    Ligit respond "NUTS!"

  • @guardiangaming3697
    @guardiangaming3697 3 роки тому +12

    I am in the Tennessee National Guard, when I was at training in Fort Sam Huston, TX I had a lot of thanks given to me, not just for being in the service, but for being a Tennessean as well. They recognize the patch which I was allowed to wear there. Tennessee has a long standing history of volunteering, during the Alamo Tennessee was there doing what they could. Texas really does have a very long memory. The Lone Star and Volunteer states have a pretty long history together.

  • @hanschitzlinger3676
    @hanschitzlinger3676 3 роки тому +5

    12th generation Texan here..
    Thanks fellas.

  • @jukethebox6879
    @jukethebox6879 3 роки тому +3

    Honestly, being a honorary texan sounds like the best prize i could get

  • @1buddahead
    @1buddahead 3 роки тому +12

    Thank you for telling this story. My family served in the 442nd and it's always good to see their story being told. I would, however, make 2 corrections:
    1) Nisei is pronounced "nee-say". It means "2nd generation". They way you were pronouncing it means something different.
    2) The 100th Infantry was formed before the 442nd. I'm impressed you mentioned the Hawaii National Guard. Most don't include that detail. The 100th was deployed to Africa where they served with distinction. They were deployed to Italy next and were in need of reinforcement. Thanks to their service record, the top brass approved the formation of the larger 442nd to join with them. The 100th became the 1st battalion of the 442nd and was allowed to keep their designation. The full unit title is the 100/442nd Regimental Combat Team.

  • @M4jeff
    @M4jeff 3 роки тому +9

    Amazing men, glad they where on our side.
    God bless Texas and all there soldiers!

  • @amistrophy
    @amistrophy 3 роки тому +6

    Germanys be like
    >Hears "Banzai" / panic
    >Japanese are allies / kalm
    >You're in the the western front and the men charging across the field are wearing cowboy hats and US uniforms / PANIK

  • @railfanlynx
    @railfanlynx 3 роки тому +12

    if Texas don’t work
    Use More Texas

  • @ryderpinkston360
    @ryderpinkston360 3 роки тому +5

    I can’t stop thinking about the japenese guy was just screaming I AM A TEXAN NOW! During battle on the thumbnail

  • @MatthewTheWolf2029
    @MatthewTheWolf2029 2 роки тому +9

    I am a Texan. And this gives me a deeper sense of respect for the Japanese, and people of Japanese decent.

  • @joshcovey9558
    @joshcovey9558 3 роки тому +1

    Its so nice to see all these details that were glassed over being brought to the front. These were men of honor, discipline and duty and should be treated as such, same as German Americans that fought for the allies. One movie that helped show some of the historical accuracy was Saving Private Ryan. When they approach the guys with their hands up, they re Czech, many Koreans were also there. India is often overlooked in ww2 and they contributed so much that is rarely spoken of. USA and USSR get most the credit ( Britain 2), USSR lost 26mln people to our less than half a million from the states but with out our material support and opening up a second front it would have been different for the soviets... any way thank you for making this.

  • @alternator7893
    @alternator7893 3 роки тому +6

    "Yeah we're all Texan, change planes in Dallas you're a Texan"

  • @cad5238
    @cad5238 3 роки тому +14

    Yeeeeeee Haaaaawwwww! From a real Texan.Thank you 442nd. For your help.God bless every one of you men

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому

      Just think for every Texan saved could come home to get married and start their own families. Any hatred towards another ethnic group should have stopped at that moment

  • @jonathanwilliams1065
    @jonathanwilliams1065 3 роки тому +4

    fun fact in Hawaii there were in fact many Japanese Americans loyal to Japan, and some even helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor
    however, the first Japanese poisoner of war was captured by a Japanese American soldier on that same day

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +1

      Totally wrong statement. Define “many”….

  • @willm7994
    @willm7994 3 роки тому +21

    This brought tears to my eyes , these guys were amazing. Respect ✊

    • @NoOne-zm4rb
      @NoOne-zm4rb 3 роки тому

      I also cried a little while watching, but I'm going through withdrawal from opiates right now and it literally feels like the world is ending.

  • @DN_123
    @DN_123 3 роки тому +32

    If they can't become samurias then cowboys is another options.

    • @jimbrewster9352
      @jimbrewster9352 3 роки тому +2

      Destiny Ninja ... yippee kai yeah!!! 🐎

    • @meslahhh9896
      @meslahhh9896 3 роки тому

      idk how to feel about this

    • @ml1941
      @ml1941 3 роки тому

      Not just Cowboys, they are Rangers!

  • @jenna2720
    @jenna2720 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you for making this. I'm a Japanese-American (although, honestly, I'm more American than Japanese :D) and it's always saddened me what my grandparents and great-grandparents had to live through and what they did in order to prove themselves loyal to the US. The 442nd/100th veterans never really talk about their experiences either, unless it's to say something like, "Oh, I served with him!". Once, one of my uncles mentioned that he'd been sent to Germany and helped liberate a concentration camp there, then looked really sad and didn't continue speaking. I can only imagine what he felt when he was confronted with the scene since his own family was interned in a relocation camp in the mainland US. It must have been the stuff of nightmares compounded with the emotions of a situation that hit too close to home.
    Even after coming back from WWII, there was a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment. As a kid, my Dad remembers being told to act as American as possible. He was forbidden from speaking any of the Japanese he had picked up from his grandmother and his parents would only speak English so that he would sound as American as possible. Needless to say, he's now only fluent in English. Even though my Dad is, honestly, one of the most patriotic people I know, there's always been anger to his patriotism, like he's saying, "This country is my country, even if it doesn't want me."

  • @ausenciomartinez-olvidares1294
    @ausenciomartinez-olvidares1294 3 роки тому +4

    Had the honor some of the meeting the last of these brave Americans, including one I became more familiar with, Frank Wada, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion. Died last week.

  • @danielstarr9037
    @danielstarr9037 3 роки тому +5

    I love my Texas so much. I wish Aaron Watson would write a song about the 442nd

  • @sctm81
    @sctm81 3 роки тому +7

    Amazing story of a few remarkable men.

  • @brandonsteele9716
    @brandonsteele9716 3 роки тому +2

    "Go For Broke" that's amazing

  • @bluelynxworld4748
    @bluelynxworld4748 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant! I want a movie, documentary, and a video game with them in it.

  • @NimdaChayse
    @NimdaChayse 3 роки тому +38

    This isn’t the “Lost Battalion” but it’s still a heartwarming story. The real lost battalion was during WWI.

    • @shrimpy_nazeem
      @shrimpy_nazeem 3 роки тому +2

      My thoughts exactly

    • @ostland_staat2356
      @ostland_staat2356 3 роки тому +1

      The All American 88th Battalion

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 3 роки тому +2

      There was a second lost battalion during ww2 that got cut off and encircled in a French forest and found and led out by the 442nd.

    • @NimdaChayse
      @NimdaChayse 3 роки тому

      @@roderickstockdale1678 I still wouldn’t label them the same. The original is the original.

  • @schwerenevonyildi1315
    @schwerenevonyildi1315 3 роки тому +30

    They really went like "Hey bobby look! I'm American!"

    • @MagronesBR2
      @MagronesBR2 3 роки тому +5

      "Do you have something gluten free?"

  • @KamenRiderBlackSun
    @KamenRiderBlackSun 3 роки тому +44

    He wanted to be a cowboy and not a samurai …

    • @natekatchuk3858
      @natekatchuk3858 3 роки тому +1

      Epic game Alexander not gonna lie was gonna say something like that

    • @ADayintheLifeoftheTw
      @ADayintheLifeoftheTw 3 роки тому +7

      Fun Fact, alot of western stories are similar to Japanese samurai stories with tropes and plots. In fact there are a good share of Western movies that are actually remakes of samurai films. And a few Samurai movies that were originally western cowboy films.

    • @Cybernaut551
      @Cybernaut551 3 роки тому +7

      Cowboy Bebop is a cool guy.

    • @phillipicus7446
      @phillipicus7446 3 роки тому

      Or Samurai NDN

  • @captainrogergaming83
    @captainrogergaming83 3 роки тому +2

    I actually cryed while watching this

  • @dave5265
    @dave5265 Рік тому +1

    As a native Texan this is probably my favorite story from WW2

  • @bronxbomerpito7286
    @bronxbomerpito7286 3 роки тому +32

    Never heard of this story. I have no doubt this will be a movie soon.

    • @Sync999
      @Sync999 3 роки тому +3

      Theres lots of books about it

    • @tonypee3465
      @tonypee3465 3 роки тому +5

      Go for Broke (1951)

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +3

      I agree 100% that it needs to be a mini series to let people know that U.S. patriotism comes in different colors and their parents’ birth country.

  • @danny7029
    @danny7029 3 роки тому +6

    Why am I just learning about this now?

  • @jovanleon7
    @jovanleon7 3 роки тому +9

    The canon fodders who became final bosses to the German army. The Germans would always knew they were coming because boss music would start playing before they appear.

  • @cptkettch
    @cptkettch 3 роки тому

    A member of the 442nd lived on the street I grew up on, he was really nice guy.

  • @ajmalik5693
    @ajmalik5693 2 роки тому +2

    There needs to be a movie on this

  • @thatguychris2544
    @thatguychris2544 3 роки тому +12

    Am I the only one that thought this was about Japanese soldiers we were fighting with moving to Texas?

  • @avocadofbi6228
    @avocadofbi6228 3 роки тому +44

    Germans: Were gonna win
    The 442nd: WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE SHINDERU

  • @theoniongod290
    @theoniongod290 3 роки тому +58

    the people that disliked couldnt believed the soldiers turned into texans

  • @leviberlin4520
    @leviberlin4520 3 роки тому

    This should be a movie, so beautiful

  • @arnoldstrickland2814
    @arnoldstrickland2814 3 роки тому

    I love infographics,it tells so many types of different stories about amazing people,and amazing subjects,and the storyteller has such a calming yet intelligent sounding lyricism ,if there is such a description

  • @starshiptrooper2354
    @starshiptrooper2354 3 роки тому +12

    Little wrong on why sent to Europe was they thought they get shot in Pacific by allies. First Japanese unit sent to Europe was 442. Which was most decorated US unit in Europe. They from California

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 3 роки тому +1

      Most decorated unit of its size*

    • @cysuyenaga
      @cysuyenaga 3 роки тому +1

      The big secret of WW2 was over 6000 AJAs were sent to the Pacific and Burma theater as translators, interrogators, and interpreters as part of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). The vast majority were kibei, Nisei born in the USA but educated in Japan. The average Nisei soldier would have not qualified for the MIS. If they were on the front lines there were escorted by white soldiers to prevent allied from mistaking them as the enemy.

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому +2

      Like the poster put the “little known secret” of the Japanese-American that were in Military Intelligence Service in the Pacific Theater that provided key information that General McArthur said they shorted their war by a year and half from their contributions

  • @goldeagle6431
    @goldeagle6431 3 роки тому +35

    Texas is pretty diverse. There’s no arguing that.

    • @obiehewitt7938
      @obiehewitt7938 3 роки тому

      And Ohio isn't recognized as much as it should be like most of America's presidents ether came from Ohio or New York.

    • @major_kukri2430
      @major_kukri2430 3 роки тому

      Yeah. Its a pretty big state. That's to be expected.

  • @Celestial_Wing
    @Celestial_Wing 3 роки тому +5

    The story of the Japanese saving my ancestors is a very beautiful tale. Where everyone else failed it was they who pulled through for them.

  • @marksalza1114
    @marksalza1114 3 роки тому

    I have so much respect for these men...to be harrassed, doubted, even hated and to still go and fight for the same people treating you that way. They didn't do it for recognition they did it because they were true Americans.

  • @Quincy_Morris
    @Quincy_Morris 3 роки тому +2

    Rick Perry didn’t make Chuck Norris an honorary Texan.
    Chuck Norris made Texas his honorary home.

  • @iamaloafofbread8926
    @iamaloafofbread8926 3 роки тому +9

    Ah yes, the American Samurai :v

  • @雪のキツネ
    @雪のキツネ 3 роки тому +28

    Best soldiers are those who know what they are fighting for like these Japanese wanted freedom faster in USA or African Americans in American civil war

    • @tdiflyfish9267
      @tdiflyfish9267 3 роки тому

      Aaaaaahhhh, how about they wanted to show the rest of the U.S. population that they are TRUE AMERICANS regardless on their looks. How many of the white would volunteer to fight for a country that took away your property and put you in camps?? Probably not many….

    • @mayanboricua
      @mayanboricua 3 роки тому +2

      @@tdiflyfish9267 "Probably not many"
      What makes you say that? And which white people are you talking about. Are they all the same or something?

  • @loyalnoob2369
    @loyalnoob2369 3 роки тому +17

    Infographics show is popping off on the content

  • @davidmesecherjr.7259
    @davidmesecherjr.7259 3 роки тому

    Ive been in Wisconsin since 2011 and have been called racist because i was born and raised in Texas. Proof here that were really not that racist. Thankyou for this wonderful video

  • @igordomingos8426
    @igordomingos8426 3 роки тому +3

    it would be amazing if you could talk about the feats of the Brazilian army in WW2. I know we're late, but we've won important battles.