Bruce Yamashita

Bruce I. Yamashita
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Marine Corps Reserves
Years of service 1989-2009
Rank Captain
Other work Lawyer

Bruce I. Yamashita is a Japanese American lawyer and a former officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserves.[1][2][3] His successful legal case against institutional racial discrimination at the Officer Candidate School of the Marine Corps became the subject of a 2003 documentary titled A Most Unlikely Hero[4][5] as well as an autobiography titled Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice.[6]

References

  1. Gregg K. Kakesako (20 April 2003). "Marines face civil rights lawsuit". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. Gerard Lim (14 January 1994). "Bruce Yamashita Accepts U.S. Marine Corps Offer To Become A Captain". AsianWeek. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  3. Gregg K. Kakesako (27 September 2009). "Marine captain honorably discharged in career that began with racial bias". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  4. "BRUCE I. YAMASHITA". American Program Bureau. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  5. "A Most Unlikely Hero, Film Screening and Book Signing". Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program. Smithsonian Institution. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  6. Annys Shin (24–30 October 2003). "Corps Convictions". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 23 October 2009.

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