Remember Pearl Harbor

By Renita Menyhert

During a pilgrimage to Ernie Pyles grave at Punchbowl Cemetery in Hawaii in June of 2006, the 65th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, I hoped to find material to write about the event that prompted America to enter the
Second World War.
Mr. Pyle provided the inspiration by leading me to the NISEI- second generation Japanese Americans who fought for America during World War II. Thanks to the Terry Shima, Executive Director of the Japanese Americans Veterans Association, several extraordinary stories evolved about the NISEI Soldiers who founded and served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Combat Regimental Team and Military Intelligence Service. These accounts provide a remarkable look back into the NISEI lives following the Pearl Harbor attack. Despite the discrimination, not one of these veterans expressed disgust or hatred for how they were treated afterwards. All I repeatedly heard was the intense desire and opportunity to demonstrate their love and loyalty to the United States. Thank God the chance was given them for they have left a powerful legacy for all Americans.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469143880

Renita Menyhert

COL. Renita Menyhert, USA, is a retired military feature writer and broadcaster who has contributed to worldwide publications such as Soldier’s Magazine. Menyhert also served as a broadcast journalist for the Armed Forces Network both in the Far East and Europe. Her specialty is human interest features covering soldiers in peacetime and conflicts ranging from World War II to the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Menyhert has earned a total of 16 broadcast and journalism awards which include two First Place Thomas Jefferson awards for broadcasting and print journalism from the Department of Defense.