AANHPI History Calendar

· Oakland, California / Camp McCoy, Wisconsin

100th Infantry Battalion Activated

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The Army activated the 100th Infantry Battalion, made up largely of Nisei former Hawaii National Guardsmen; the 'One Puka Puka' became one of the most decorated units of the war and a forerunner of the 442nd. (Shares Jun 12 with the Heart Mountain draft-resisters trial.)

Communities
  • Japanese American
Topics
  • military
Event type
  • legislation
Places
  • Hawaii

Sources

Also on June 12

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Heart Mountain Draft-Resisters Trial

The mass trial of 63 Heart Mountain draft resisters-Fair Play Committee members who refused induction while their families were imprisoned-opened in Cheyenne; all were convicted in Wyoming's largest mass trial. (Shares Jun 12 with the 100th Battalion's activation.)

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Loving v. Virginia Decided

The Supreme Court struck down laws banning interracial marriage; many such statutes had also criminalized Asian-white unions, so the ruling ended anti-miscegenation bars affecting Asian Americans nationwide. (Shares Jun 12 with the 100th Battalion and the Heart Mountain trial.)