First and foremost, my post is not intended to insult, attack, or bring emotional harm to anyone.
My Dad fought in WWII/Japanese theater. He never talked much about his experiences. Just the same few stories over and over. But Dad was steadfast in his conviction about the use of atomic bombs.
I never considered myself a prejudice person of any kind till a couple months ago. I unexpectedly was asked to host Japanese Judges and Owners of Nishikigoi (koi fish) for an afternoon before the central Florida Show.
I bowed out as gracefully as I could while in a state of full panic. To be honest, I'm still sorting out what and how I feel.
Whether it's my Father's or my feelings, I found myself holding utter contempt for their blatant unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath.
The strange thing is, along with raising Koi, I've tried to learn some of the Japanese Language, and intended to visit Japan, someday.
BTW and for what it's worth: I lost an Aunt(maternal) to the aftermath of the Hiroshima bomb. She was a WAC and died of leukemia 33+/- years later.
So my question to all is, Have YOU found yourself prejudiced by a family member, friend, or anyone else's military or personal experiences involving another country?

I grew up in a home where, “we were not prejudice” but we, other than my mother who never spoke an unkind word about anyone or anything, would use racial slurs and jokes.

I knew it was wrong, so when I got married one of the things my wife and I talked about was a color blind family. We never said or allowed to be said in our home any racial slurs. We have left parties and functions when were heard any racial slurs that we could not correct. It was very easy because we started in from day one. As newly weds stationed at Charleston AFB SC we had to turn down the first two apartments we wanted to rent because they “no blacks or Mexicans” policy.

How did it workout for us – great. Our oldest daughter is married to a great man, who happens to be of Mexican decent. Our oldest son is married to a great lady who happens to have “very” dark skin.

I believe that had we not set this standard from day one, we might have lost out on having these two great people as son-in-law and daughter in-law. We also what I missed out having four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren who are a “little bit of this and a little bit of that, but 100% ours.”

Last year we were able to tract down my grandmother’s death certificate, she died in 1896. All we ever knew about her was that she died giving birth to my mother and he twin brother. We rejoiced to find out that she was 100% American India.

100DAV, you have such a great opportunity to rise above the prejudice of you heritage and at the same time give respect and honor to your heritage. Take the best and leave the rest.

I’m just a Florida boy, breed, born, raise and lives therein.

@ 100DAV-12859418..
..How many Nisei (Japanese-American) soldiers were in the first group assigned to the Marauders in Burma?
..There were 14 of the "original" Nisei assigned to the Marauders, according to the late Akiji Yoshimura, who was one of them..Writing in "The Burman News," official publication of Merrill's Marauders Association, Akiji reported the following interesting facts about the Nisei Marauders..
.."All we had in common was our common ancestry and the fact that we had trained at the Military Intelligence Service School at Camp Savage, Minnesota," Akiji wrote..
..Seven of the men were from Hawaii and seven from California or Washington state..
..Four volunteered from Japanese internment camps in the US..
..Five transferred from the 100th Inf. Bn., Camp McCoy, Wisconsin..
..Two enlisted from college campuses..
..Seven had studied in Japan..
..Seven had never been outside the U.S.
..Two had attended junior colleges..
..Wrapping up this interesting account, Akiji reported that there is a Nisei Veterans Association..
..Akiji, who died last September 18, lived in Colusa, California..

Nisei Roll Call
..Dr.Howard Furumoto lists the names and present whereabout of the original Nisei Marauders..His report also appeared in "The Burman News."
..Herbert Miyasaki, Thomas Tsubota, Russel Kono, and Dr.Furumoto live in Hawaii..
..Hank Gosho, Ray Matsumoto, Grant Hirabayashi, and Ben Sugeta live Mainland United States..
..Edward Mitsukado, Calvin Kobata, and Roy Nakata live in Japan..
..Akiji Yoshimura, Robert Honda, and Jimmy Yamaguchi are deceased..
..Dr.Howard Furumoto's address is 4433 Aukai Av., Honolulu,HI 96816..The address of "The Burman News," Raymond V.Lyons, editor, is 11244 No.33rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85028..