‘Facing the Mountain’ tells of heroic Japanese Americans who fought for the US
Rich storytelling and deep historical research about the Japanese American experience are the essence of Daniel James Brown’s “Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II.”
The titular heroes are actually two groups of people. The first are the men of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team – a Japanese American unit led by white officers – that saw ferocious battles in Italy, France, and Germany. The second is the 100,000-plus American men, women, and children who lived out the war crammed
