After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered 110,000 people of Japanese descent into internment camps. Yet when offered the chance to join the Army, many Japanese-Americans jumped at the opportunity to prove their loyalty. Hundreds ended up in the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese-American unit that saw some of the…

During the morning of September 11, 2001, as the world watched in horror, hijacked passenger planes were flown into the twin towers in Manhattan. United Airlines Flight 93 had also been hijacked and was speeding toward the Pentagon in Washington DC. Pilots of the 121st Fighter Squadron of the D.C. Air National Guard were given…