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Author:

Brown, Daniel James, 1951- author.

Title:

Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II / Daniel James Brown.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Penguin Audio,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

United States.--Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.--Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
Japanese American soldiers--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Ozawa, Louis, narrator.

Notes:

Title from container. Compact discs. Read by Louis Ozawa.

Summary:

An unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.

ISBN:

0525531181
9780525531180

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1248937449

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

DMPC403 -- Montgomery Memorial Library (Jewell)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)