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Chinese American service in World War II
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[[File:Halftrack-fort-knox-4.jpg|thumb|165px|Chinese American soldier training at [[Fort Knox]], [[Kentucky]]|alt=Soldier kneels aiming down the [[iron sight]] of a [[Thompson submachine gun]] in front of a [[M3 Half-track]].]]
It has been estimated that between 12,000<ref></ref> and 20,000<ref name="Xinhua">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Chinese American men, representing up to 22 percent of the men in their portion of the U.S. population, served during World War II.<ref name="OMC"></ref> Of those serving about 40 percent were not citizens,<ref name="AFPS">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and unlike Japanese and Filipino Americans, 75 percent served in non-segregated units.<ref name="AFPS"/> Chinese Americans distinguished themselves from Japanese Americans, and suffered less discrimination.<ref></ref>
==Service==
A quarter of those would serve in the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]], some of were sent to the Chinese-Burma-India theater for service with the 14th Air Service Group<ref name="CACMH">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [[Fourteenth Air Force#Chinese-American Composite Wing|Chinese-American Composite Wing]].<ref name="page60"/> Another 70 percent would go on to serve in the U.S. Army in various units, including the [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd]], [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th]], [[6th Infantry Division (United States)|6th]], [[32nd Infantry Division (United States)|32nd]] and [[77th Sustainment Brigade (United States)|77th]] Infantry Divisions.<ref name="OMC"/> Prior to the war, the U.S. Navy had recruited Chinese Americans but they had been restricted to serve only as stewards;<ref name="page60"></ref> this continued until May 1942, when restrictions ceased and they were allowed to serve in other ratings.<ref name="page60"/> In 1943, Chinese American women were accepted into the Women's Army Corps in the Military Intelligence Service.<ref name="WomenWWII">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> They were also recruited for service in the Army Air Force, with a few later becoming civilian [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]].<ref name="WomenWWII" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Recognition==
[[Francis B. Wai|Captain Francis Wai]] of the [[34th Infantry Regiment (United States)|34th Infantry]] was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on the island of [[Battle of Leyte|Leyte]] in late 1944; this awarding was later elevated to a Medal of Honor in the 2000 review.<ref name="CACMH"/> [[Wilbur Carl Sze]] became the first Chinese American officer commissioned in the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]].<ref><br/></ref>
==See also==
*[[List of Japanese American Servicemen and Servicewomen in World War II]]
*[[Lost Battalion (World War II)]]
*[[Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans)]]
*[[Military history of Asian Americans]]
==References==
==External links==
[[Category:American people of Chinese descent|+]]
[[Category:American military personnel of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:United States Air Force airmen]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
It has been estimated that between 12,000<ref></ref> and 20,000<ref name="Xinhua">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Chinese American men, representing up to 22 percent of the men in their portion of the U.S. population, served during World War II.<ref name="OMC"></ref> Of those serving about 40 percent were not citizens,<ref name="AFPS">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and unlike Japanese and Filipino Americans, 75 percent served in non-segregated units.<ref name="AFPS"/> Chinese Americans distinguished themselves from Japanese Americans, and suffered less discrimination.<ref></ref>
==Service==
A quarter of those would serve in the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]], some of were sent to the Chinese-Burma-India theater for service with the 14th Air Service Group<ref name="CACMH">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [[Fourteenth Air Force#Chinese-American Composite Wing|Chinese-American Composite Wing]].<ref name="page60"/> Another 70 percent would go on to serve in the U.S. Army in various units, including the [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd]], [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th]], [[6th Infantry Division (United States)|6th]], [[32nd Infantry Division (United States)|32nd]] and [[77th Sustainment Brigade (United States)|77th]] Infantry Divisions.<ref name="OMC"/> Prior to the war, the U.S. Navy had recruited Chinese Americans but they had been restricted to serve only as stewards;<ref name="page60"></ref> this continued until May 1942, when restrictions ceased and they were allowed to serve in other ratings.<ref name="page60"/> In 1943, Chinese American women were accepted into the Women's Army Corps in the Military Intelligence Service.<ref name="WomenWWII">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> They were also recruited for service in the Army Air Force, with a few later becoming civilian [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]].<ref name="WomenWWII" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Recognition==
[[Francis B. Wai|Captain Francis Wai]] of the [[34th Infantry Regiment (United States)|34th Infantry]] was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on the island of [[Battle of Leyte|Leyte]] in late 1944; this awarding was later elevated to a Medal of Honor in the 2000 review.<ref name="CACMH"/> [[Wilbur Carl Sze]] became the first Chinese American officer commissioned in the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]].<ref><br/></ref>
==See also==
*[[List of Japanese American Servicemen and Servicewomen in World War II]]
*[[Lost Battalion (World War II)]]
*[[Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans)]]
*[[Military history of Asian Americans]]
==References==
==External links==
[[Category:American people of Chinese descent|+]]
[[Category:American military personnel of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:United States Air Force airmen]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
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