Asian Americans and the Military's Academic Training Programs (ASTP, ASTRP) at the University of Idaho and Elsewhere during World War II

By Charles M. Rice. The UI ASTP/ASTRP participants included six Japanese Americans, several Chinese Americans, and one Filipino American, whose hometowns were Los Angeles, Manzanar, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Mateo, CA; Boston, MA; Vale, OR; and Garland, Provo, and Topaz, UT. Manzanar and Topaz were, of course, both War Relocation Authority concentration camps. Brief sections discuss Japanese Americans and World War II, the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP), Asian Americans in the ASTP and ASTRP, Subjects Studied in ASTP and ASTRP, Language Instruction, Area Studies, Experiences of Racial Minorities in ASTP/ASTRP, Racism and Discrimination, Japanese Americans Achieve Redress, and Noteworthy Asian American Participants in ASTP and ASTRP.
Asian American Comparative Collection Research Report, No. 1. 2005. Series Editor, Priscilla Wegars. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Asian American Comparative Collection.
Booklet, 13 pages, 2 photos (1 color), notes, bibliography. Pb.
All proceeds benefit the AACC.