These Japanese-American Linguists Became America's Secret Weapon During WWII
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In February 1942, a small group of members of a top-secret military language school defied orders. They slipped out of their headquarters in San Francisco and snuck toward their destination, a nearby racetrack .
They weren’t there to gamble: They were there to visit their parents, Japanese immigrants who were about to be interned for the duration of the war. These sons of immigrants were American citizens, but because of their parents’ ancestry, they were considered enemies of the United States.
But unlike their parents, they weren’t headed for internment camps . Instead, they were training to be shipped to the Pacific Theater, where they would become one of the United States’ most powerful secret weapons.
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More information on units that were considered so secret that their history wasn't acknowledged until the 1970's and 80's.
The Japanese American linguists, American Indian code talkers and the Alamo Scouts to name a few.
It's fair to say that they succeeded against long odds.