Ozaki's Assassination List

His education was astounding. While he was in high school he was considered the class clown and made C averages. After high school graduating Penncrest High School in 1962, he joined the United States Navy. He served a four year term in the Navy before continuing his education. He got his bachelor's degree in Gallaudet University in 1970 . His Master's degree in Psychology at University of Tennessee in 1971. He also got his PHD in Psychology

Fighting a war against the oppression and persecution of a people, how hypocritical of the American government to harass and punish those based on their heritage. Magnifying the already existing dilemma of discrimination, the bombing of Pearl Harbor introduced Japanese-Americans to the harsh and unjust treatment they were forced to confront for a lifetime to come. Wakatsuki Ko, after thirty-five years of residence in the United States, was still prevented by law from becoming an American citizen.

The group was called the Varsity Victory Volunteers and focused on mostly construction work for the army. On June 5, 1942 the 298th and 199th regiments were combined and consequently renamed the Hawaiian Provisional Battalion. They were shipped to Oakland, California and a couple day later to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin to begin training. On June 15, 1942 the Hawaiian Provisional Battalion was renamed the 100th Infantry Battalion - the One Puka Puka.

The 442 restored their honor. They returned home heros of war and were looked at differently by all Americans, not as aliens, but as United States citizens. They became the most decorated combat team in U.S. history and freed their families from internment camps restoring honor. “The 100th Battalion/442nd RCT, in just over one year, compiled an astonishing combat record. But this segregated unit, almost entirely comprised of Japanese Americans, suffered an equally remarkable number, about 800, killed or missing in action. They won seven Distinguished Unit Citations, including one awarded personally by President Harry Truman… Over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 29 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, and more than 4,000 Bronze

One man, Fred Korematsu, had fought against the internment camps and tried to earn Japanese- Americans rights and

Among this group of “Nisei” was the Uchida family from Berkeley, California. Yoshiko Uchida, the youngest daughter in the Uchida family was a senior at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of the attacks. Years later, Yoshiko became a prolific writer of children’s books (Sato 66). In her book, “Desert Exile”, published in 1982, Uchida gave a personal account of the evacuation and incarceration of her family during World War II (Sato 66). Uchida’s book raises awareness to the specter of racial prejudice and the hope that no other group of Americans would have to endure this type of injustice and violation of their human rights (Sato 66).

Startled by the surprise attack on their naval base at Pearl Harbor and anxious about a full-fledged Japanese attack on the United States’ West Coast, American government officials targeted all people of Japanese descent, regardless of their citizenship status, occupation, or demonstrated loyalty to the US. As my grandfather—Frank Matsuura, a nisei born in Los Angeles, California and interned in the Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache)—often

The 369th Infantry Regiment otherwise known as the Harlem Hellfighters was the first all-black US combat unit that was shipped during WW I and was crucial in the WWII battles in Hawaii and Okinawa. These members who were skilled and very proud were shipped to Hawaii and protected the Hawaiian islands with antiaircraft from Japanese attack. William De Fossett was one of the main leaders of the 369th regiment, who joined it due to the regiments fame from the waning days of World War I. The original Harlem Hellfighters fought with the French Army and were awarded for their excellent service. De Fossett made the highly selective and demanding requirements of the 369th regiment. He grew up in the highly cultured

The media and the authority found in Japanese American a ready target at the time of uncertainty and anxiety. John B. Hughes, a broadcasting coordinator was first to demand evacuation

During that summer he took many different back strengthening exercises, and in September he was accepted by the Navy. In March 1943, as a lieutenant he took command of a PT (torpedo) boat in the Solomon Islands. On the night of August 2, his boat was cruising west of New Georgia it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He rallied the survivors and managed to get them to an island after being thrown across the deck onto his back. He then towed a wounded man three miles through a rough journey through different seas. He was a very brave man, for several days he risked his life repeatedly, swimming into dangerous waters hoping to find a rescue ship. He finally met up with two friendly islanders and sent them for aid with a message that he carved on a coconut. Back home he received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, and the Purple Heart, but his earlier back injury had been aggravated, and unfortunately he contracted malaria. After an operation on his back, he was discharged early in 1945.

With racist propaganda floating around of Japanese soldiers with giant sharp teeth, such as Tokio Kid. Along with the fact that thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps, what immigrant would trust such a government. The answer is surprisingly a lot of them, the image of the Japanese being the enemy was burned into the heads of everyone. Young Japanese-Americans were given the option to fight in the war for the same people who put them in labor camps. No one is going to join the Americans right? Wrong, a good majority of the young Japanese signed up to fight for Uncle Sam, and those who refused found themselves in a jail. After the war there were two different views from the Japanese-Americans: either they no longer identified as Japanese and wanted to be more American; or there were those who were still loyal to the Japanese Empire and are in the US for the money. The former, which mostly consisted of younger immigrants, saw those who didn’t fight in the war as worthless scum, calling them no-no boys. There was a smaller group of extremists who believed that Japan had won and there were boats on the way to bring all the true Japanese home, these people were typically older immigrants. First generation immigrants are more resistant towards assimilation and feel a stronger connection to their home country, than their second generation American-Japanese children exposed to American ways and ideas.

On April 18, 1942, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle led a bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan, which officially introduced America into the second world war. After this famous raid, Jimmy Doolittle was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service to the US Army Air Forces, and years later was promoted to a four-star General by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. It was moments like this that motivated Doolittle to devote his entire life to United States Air Force. Though there are hundreds like Doolittle, men and women who give their entire lives to military service, many do not. Thousands of brave men and women serve for just a few years, but they still undergo just as much as the four-star generals.

awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism during world war II. He took the

Unlike Yoshikawa, Kuehn was not in a position where he needed to lay low and attract attention. Kuehn threw lavish parties at his large home and invited military officers to these parties and gleaned information from casual conversation. He was a retired doctor, an aspiring Hawaiian historian, and an inventor. Through Kuehn’s many stories over any topic, the community started to like him, which made blending in where a Japanese man would have been unable to easier (Bombs Over Pearl Harbor, 2003, p. 42-43; Jamison, 2014; "World War II, n.d.).

Hideki Tojo was born in Tokyo on December 30, 1884. He was the oldest of samurai decedents. He enrolled into military school in1899, then attending theJapanese’s military academy. He was following in his father’s footsteps, who was a professional who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese armyduring the Sino Japanese war. After graduating from the academy,he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the military. In 1902 he met his wife Katsuko Ito, he had three sons and four daughters. In 1912 he entered the army staff collage, completing this he rose his rant to captain and commanding officer of third Imperial Guards Regiment. In 1919 he served in Switzerland as a military attaché. On august 10, 1920he was promoted of major. In 1921 Tojo served in Germany. On November 28, 1922,he became an instructor at the Army Staff Collage he graduated from. In 1924 Tojo was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On March 8 1929 he was assigned as a bureau chief of the Japanese army. On August 10, 1928Tojo was promoted to the rank of colonel and a year later August 1, 1929he became the commanding officer of the first infantry regiment. Around the same time,he was promoted he became very involved in military politics. In 1931 he became a staff officer in the army chief of staff. On March 18, 1933 Tojo was promoted to the rank major general and served as the chief of personnel Department. In 1934 he became the commanding officer of the twenty-fourth infantry brigade. Throughout the