Compose a newspaper article Knowing the stories behind the people in World War I

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Compose a newspaper article

Knowing the stories behind the people in World War II, write a newspaper article of at least 300 words from the perspective of one of the people during that time. You can choose to write from the perspective of: a German soldier, a Japanese-American citizen, a Russian soldier, an American woman working to support the troops, a British citizen living in London during the bombings, or a Government Official making decisions about their country's activity in the war. Make sure you use facts and actual events in your article and list your reference(s).

What do you want the rest of the world to know about your experience as that person during WWII?

Explain why you think the way you do as that person.

Explanation / Answer

A Nisie in World War II

I was born in 1917 in St. Louis to immigrant Japanese parents. I wasn’t the brightest kid in class but worked very hard for to get good grades. After graduating from high school, I wished to attend medical school. But I soon realized that universities didn’t have room for people of my community – I ended up working in a departmental store to support myself and my family.

In 1941 came the attack on Pearl Harbour; our community came to be known as “enemy aliens”. Tens of thousands Japanese immigrants and their children, called the nisies, were sent to relocation camps where they were either incarcerated or forced into hard labour. In time, I was able to volunteer to join the Army, in an almost desperate to prove my loyalty to the U.S. over my ancestral land.

History would know us as the 442ndRegimental Combat Team and our motto, “Go for Broke!” We fought in eight major campaigns in France, Germany and Italy and earned more than 18,000 individual decorations for our efforts in our two years of combat. When the war came to an end, leaflets were dropped from the planes, asking us to go home.

My memories seem to fade, though I try hard to keep my story alive. At some point, I cherish this desire to show the Americans that the nisies, or the “enemy aliens” actually did good for this country and that we too were worthy Americans. We were called heroes after the. But I still never got into medical school. I was told that the Japanese weren’t welcome before the war and would continue to remain unwelcome even after the war.

(I’m not sure if I’m allowed to add references (owing to Chegg’s policy) but you can check articles on the 442ndCombat Team, I have taken bits and pieces from several of them.)

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