The story of two segregated units of Japanese-American soldiers, largely recruited from Roosevelt's internment camps, that fought heroically in World War II.

In the World War II, Bruyères was liberated from German occupation by Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

The American 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed of mostly Japanese-American soldiers, occupied the site in November 1944.

Accidental attacks continue, and the treatment of the Japanese-American soldiers becomes worse as the war worsens.

On 4 June, the Japanese-American soldiers of both the 299th and 298th were pulled from the ranks of the regiments, some 29 officers and 1277 enlisted men in all.

In a time of war, these Japanese-American soldiers volunteered to fight for a country that did not fight for them.

In a sense, the overwhelming courage of these Japanese-American soldiers works against the author; the gravitational pull to reduce them to one-dimensional heroes is strong.

Eventually, Japanese-American soldiers volunteered for the training.

The reason, he said, was that Japanese-American soldiers proved that they "could be trusted."