Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Steve Yamamoto, a veteran of the Military Intelligence Service, recalls the speech that FDR made in the wake of Pearl Harbor and that, in his eyes, it could have been worded quite differently. He recalls the unfairness and the subsequent prejudice and discrimination against American-born Japanese Americans, especially those that were already serving in the armed forces.
Steve Yamamoto, a veteran of the Military Intelligence Service, recalls the speech that FDR made in the wake of Pearl Harbor and that, in his eyes, it could have been worded quite differently. He recalls the unfairness and the subsequent prejudice and discrimination against American-born Japanese Americans, especially those that were already serving in the armed forces.










