Labeled ‘aliens’ in World War II, 7 Japanese-American soldiers posthumously commissioned

The seven soldiers were kicked out of an ROTC program as World War II began. Last week, they were commissioned as Army officers eight decades later.

Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' to be promoted posthumously

The seven were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.