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Dong is the Nieve Puma Jaumetschreiden Den Seinre SUV from Ford New Deit Litmit Mind via Ford Options on Deck Yao Puma New in the showroom of Macken Date via Fort Puntlane Dramas Immersive storytelling from the BBC World Service before we start, a warning that some episodes in this series contain dramatized battle scenes and outdated racial language.
This is Purple Heart warriors, an original six part drama series inspired by real events.
From the BBC World Service.
Episode 2 Buddha Heads Executive Order 9066 was signed into law by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on February 19, 1942.
It authorized the incarceration of people of Japanese descent on the west coast even though two thirds of them were American citizens.
Born and raised in The United States, 120,000 men, women and children were sent to desolate desert camps across the country where sand billowed through the holes in the walls of their hastily constructed barracks.
On the Hawaiian Islands.
Meanwhile, some Japanese Americans were incarcerated, while the majority were placed under martial law.
Despite this, when challenged to prove their loyalty, 10,000 men from Hawaii and 1,256 from the mainland volunteered for military service.
Their training began at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
This is where our story continues in 1943.
Company, ten hut.
Company, present O.
All right man.
Today you'll be relieved of your five mile run.
Instead I have something else special planned for you.