From the July 28th Sacramento (Ca) Bee.
On July 24th, 150 people gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of Bob Fletcher, described as "A True American Hero" despite the fact he never saw combat during World War II.
However, we was shot at for being a Japanese sympathizer who quit his job to save three local Japanese-American farms whose families had been sent to internment camps.
Most of Sacramento's 3,000 Japanese-Americans were shipped off and lost everything, their farms, homes and businesses which were stolen or foreclosed.
Mr. Fletcher agreed to work three of their farms.
During the war, and especially in the western states, aiding anyone of Japanese descent was regarded essentially as being traitorous. It takes a brave person to stand up for their beliefs like that.
A True Hero.
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