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DESCRIPTION:Prior to his deployment to the Pacific war\, all Cedric Shimo (
 MIS) wanted to do was to say &ldquo\;goodbye&rdquo\; to his mother impriso
 ned behind barbed wire at Manzanar. He was denied and protested the travel
  restrictions placed on Americans of Japanese ancestry. As a result\, he w
 as subsequently transferred to the 1800th Battalion and relegated to menia
 l ditch-digging. Even now\, he says he is proud to have served his country
  with a clear conscience. Co-sponsored by Asian Americans for Peace and Ju
 stice.\n\n"Do U.S. military personnel have the right to resist orders if t
 hese violate domestic or international law? This passionate and scholarly 
 account of Japanese American soldiers during World War II (Soldiers of Con
 science) both stuns and compels. Castelnuovo assesses a hidden chapter in 
 American history and asks: are we mistaken to ignore "Objectors of Conscie
 nce" in the U.S. Armed Forces?"-Lane Ryo Hirabayashi\, George and Sakaye A
 ratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment\, Redress &amp\; Comm
 unity\, UCLA\n\nBooksigning follows.
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SUMMARY:Cedrick Shimo: A Soldier of Conscience with author Shirley Castelnu
 ovo
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