Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' Promoted Posthumously

World War II nisei soldiers receive posthumous promotions | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Seven soldiers from the islands who were expelled from University of Hawaii’s Reserve Officer Training Corps for their Japanese heritage and went on to die fighting the Nazis in Europe as enlisted men were posthumously promoted Monday to the rank of 2nd lieutenant.

Hawaiʻi Soldiers Once Branded ‘Enemy Aliens’ Promoted Posthumously

The Japanese American men were students at the University of Hawaiʻi and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

Hawaii soldiers receive commissions that fate and death denied them during WWII

The Army has posthumously commissioned seven University of Hawaii ROTC cadets of Japanese descent who were killed during World War II.

Seven Japanese American soldiers labeled ‘enemy aliens’ promoted

A ceremony was held on Jan. 26 to promote seven Japanese American cadets who died in combat.

Japanese American soldiers once branded ‘enemy aliens’ to be promoted posthumously

The men were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' to Be ...