Happy Weekend!
Hawaii must have been a strange place to be during WWII. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Asian Americans were looked on with suspicion — and in Feen’s neighborhood, her Japanese American classmate was ostracized, while many others were driven from their homes, stripped of their property, and interned in ill-equipped camps. Despite the rampant prejudice against Asian Americans at the time, this woman joined the Women’s Army Corps. Jama Rattigan has graciously shared a picture of her mother, the former Private Margaret Yang, who put on her duds and ignored the suspicious looks and did her job.
Pretty amazing stuff, in spite of everything.
Stay tuned for more MARE’S WAR themed giveaways Monday and Tuesday.
It's amazing how Americans will serve their country even when their countrymen think ill of them.
You must be proud, Jama. Thanks for sharing the clip.
She's beautiful. And what a great story. Brave, indeed.
Thanks for posting this, Tanita, and thanks for your nice comment, Adrienne. Sometimes we look for heroes/heroines/role models, not appreciating those in our own families. My mom still says that joining the army was one of the best things she ever did in her whole life.
Jama, How cool was your mother? Wow, but that took guts, and it always gives me a little boost reading and hearing about brave women like her. It helps me know that even though sometimes I feel like I'm not equal to the life I'm leading, I can be. I can try hard, anyway.