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  • Facing the Mountain

  • The Forgotten Heroes of the Second World War
  • By: Daniel James Brown
  • Narrated by: Louis Ozawa
  • Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Facing the Mountain

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Louis Ozawa
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From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II.

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of Japanese-American immigrant parents, it brought prejudice and scrutiny over where their loyalties lay.

In Facing the Mountain, Daniel James Brown tells the unforgettable story of the Japanese-American men who volunteered for the US army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team and displayed incredible courage on the brutal battlefields of Europe. Achieving the impossible in often near-suicidal missions, including rescuing a 'lost battalion' surrounded by Nazis in the French mountains, the 442nd went on to become one of the most decorated units in US history. Yet at the same time, their parents were put in camps and stripped of their livelihoods and an equally brave battle was being fought in the courtroom back home.

A cinematic tour de force, Facing the Mountain puts a real-life band of brothers in the history books where they belong and reminds us that victory is rarely as simple as we think.

©2021 Daniel James Brown (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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