Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice 9780824843182
Determined to be a U.S. Marine Corps officer, Bruce Yamashita enrolled in Officer Candidate School, where he was the tar
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English Pages 256 Year 2003
Table of contents :
Contents
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “A Clear Demonstration of Patriotism and Loyalty”
2. “Exactly What I Had Expected”
3. “Go Back to Your Own Country!”
4. “The White Boys Still Make the Decisions”
5. “Neither Fish Nor Fowl”
6. “Urah!”
7. “Leadership in Action”
8. “The Workhorse”
9. “Do You Wanna Quit?”
10. “I Guess the Sun Is Still Shining”
11. Destined to Fail
12. “Too Many JAPS around Here”
13. “The Writing on the Wall”
14. “Disenrolled!”
15. “Were You Treated Fairly?”
16. First Step, False Hope
17. Decision to Fight
18. “My Neck Was on the Line”
19. Face-Off
20. “Totally Unacceptable”
21. “Barely above Water”
22. The Tide Begins to Turn
23. “Smoking Gun”
24. The Naval Discharge Review Board
25. The Pressure Mounts
26. My Chance to Be Heard
27. The Floodgates Open
28. A Formal Offer
29. Standing Firm
30. “We Were on Our Own”
31. The Commandant Speaks
32. “There Will Be No Ratcheting Up”
33. Breakthrough
34. Calling the Shots
35. “The Struggle Goes On”
36. “Justice Will Triumph!”
Index
Contents
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “A Clear Demonstration of Patriotism and Loyalty”
2. “Exactly What I Had Expected”
3. “Go Back to Your Own Country!”
4. “The White Boys Still Make the Decisions”
5. “Neither Fish Nor Fowl”
6. “Urah!”
7. “Leadership in Action”
8. “The Workhorse”
9. “Do You Wanna Quit?”
10. “I Guess the Sun Is Still Shining”
11. Destined to Fail
12. “Too Many JAPS around Here”
13. “The Writing on the Wall”
14. “Disenrolled!”
15. “Were You Treated Fairly?”
16. First Step, False Hope
17. Decision to Fight
18. “My Neck Was on the Line”
19. Face-Off
20. “Totally Unacceptable”
21. “Barely above Water”
22. The Tide Begins to Turn
23. “Smoking Gun”
24. The Naval Discharge Review Board
25. The Pressure Mounts
26. My Chance to Be Heard
27. The Floodgates Open
28. A Formal Offer
29. Standing Firm
30. “We Were on Our Own”
31. The Commandant Speaks
32. “There Will Be No Ratcheting Up”
33. Breakthrough
34. Calling the Shots
35. “The Struggle Goes On”
36. “Justice Will Triumph!”
Index
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- Bruce I. Yamashita
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