442nd

The ice storm is over. The temperature has risen 30 degrees to a balmy -1 at night. The world is right again, for those who survived. There are always stories about people who never survived a winter storm.

Most new stories focus on unprepared city people who wandered into the country and then succumbed. Many writers follow the trend by writing stories about people who survived terrible situations through luck and wit.

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A story that many people don’t know about is the brave members of the 442nd Combat division. The 442nd was made up entirely of Japanese Americans who wanted to fight for their country and show that they weren’t traitors.

Yeah it doesn’t sound right huh? They were fighting for the same country that just finished putting their families into a four year prison. These people were true hero’s in my eyes.

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