A ceremony was held on Jan. 26 to promote seven Japanese American cadets who died in combat.

HONOLULU (AP) — Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having ...

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.

Seven Japanese-American soldiers who were once deemed “enemy aliens” but fought for the Army during World War II were posthumously commissioned as Army officers. Prior to the war, all seven had been ...

HONOLULU — Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been ...

Japanese American Solider World War 2 U.S. Army soldiers salute framed photos of former University of Hawaii ROTC cadets during a posthumous commissioning ceremony at ...