03272cam a2200469 i 4500 2624291554 TxAuBib 20251120120000.0 240320s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024934888 9780806542935 hardcover 0806542934 hardcover (OCoLC)1407026313 TxAuBib rda Jones, Gregg, 1959-, author. Most honorable son [BOOK] : a forgotten hero's fight against fascism and hate during World War II / Gregg Jones. New York, NY : Citadel Press, [2024] ©2024. xviii, 350 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword / Naomi Ostwald Kawamura, Densho -- Introduction / William Fujioka, Japanese American National Museum -- Fit for service -- "This is urgent" -- "This is your country -- Alone -- "Are you an American citizen?" -- "In no sense ready for conflict" -- Queen of the seas -- "Chinaman boy" -- "Hey, they're shooting at us!" -- "Look at me now" -- "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" -- A big chance -- "Now, I belong" -- Gambut -- Brothers in arms -- On to Italy -- Big dealer -- Double trouble -- No end in sight -- Return to England -- Missing in action -- Prisoners in a gilded cage -- Tupelo lass -- Special orders number 174 -- The big one -- Tidal wave -- A hellhole of fire, flame, and smoke -- The longest night -- Limbo -- Moran crew -- A disappointing finale -- An enemy at peak strength -- The killing month -- Death denied -- Homecoming -- Most honorable son -- Resist the draft -- Commonwealth club -- "No turning back" -- Heart mountain -- A turning point -- Honorable sad saki -- Tinian -- Déjà Vu -- Firebombing Tokyo -- Wounded enemy -- A war without mercy -- Out of luck -- Unscripted ending -- A greater cause -- Fifty-ninth mission -- A path in peace -- Publisher, reporter, editor -- Hidden heroes -- Reckoning, remembrance, and reward -- Afterword / Jonathan Eig. Ben Kuroki was a twenty-four-year-old Japanese American farm boy whose heritage was never a problem in remote Nebraska--until Pearl Harbor. Among the millions of Americans who flocked to military stations to enlist, Ben wanted to avenge the attack, reclaim his family honor, and prove his patriotism. But as anti-Japanese sentiment soared, Ben had to fight to be allowed to fight for America. And fight he did. 20251120. Kuroki, Ben, 1917-2015. Japanese United States. World War, 1939-1945 United States Biography. Bombers. Racism. Biographies. Kawamura, Naomi Ostwald, writer of foreword. Fujioka, William, writer of introduction. Eig, Jonathan, writer of afterword.